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[Contribution Of The Cytology In The Diagnosis And Evaluation Of The Pronostic Of Metastatic Ascites]
B Kamaté1, A Chawa Djomgwe1, B S Sissoko1
1Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques du CHU du Point G.
Introduction:
Metastatsic tumoral ascites are characterised by the presence of cancerous cells in peritoneal fluid. They are frequent at an advanced stage of cancer. The goal of our work was to study cytology's contribution in the diagnosis of metastatic ascites at the teaching hospital of Point G.
Material And Methods:
It was a 3 years retrospective and prospective study, from January 2013 to December 2015. The study included every ascitic samples containing malignant cells at the teaching hospital of Point G. We looked for clinical informations in the patient's fold to find the primary cancer site, the histological diagnosis and the folllowup.
Results:
We collected data from 213 patients with ascite. Among them, 61 where malignant (28.6 %). Sixty-six percent (66%) of our patients were women. The most represented range age was from 46 to 60 years with a mean of 57.7 years. Housewives were the most frequent among our patients with a rate of 50.8%. Ovarian cancer was the first site with metastatic ascite (26%). It was followed by liver and stomach with respectively 20% and 18%. Ascite was the first clinical manifestation in 36% patients with cancer. It was isolated in 78%. After 6 months, the mortality rate was 76.6%.
Conclusion:
The cytology of ascite liquid is an imortant test for the diagnostic of metastatic ascites.
