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Histopathological patterns of endometrial carcinoma in a tertiary hospital in North-West Nigeria
Olaniyi A Olatunde1,2, Modupeola O Samaila3, Mohammed I Imam2
1Department of Anatomic Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti 360231, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Background:
There are relatively few studies in Nigeria, and indeed, sub-Saharan Africa that have documented the relative frequencies and histomorphological patterns of endometrial carcinoma. This study aimed to determine the relative frequencies and clinic-epidemiological characteristics of endometrial carcinoma and its histological variants in Kano, North-Western, Nigeria.
Method:
A 10-year retrospective study of all endometrial carcinoma cases in the Department of Pathology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano. All relevant information was retrieved and data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22.
Results:
Endometrial carcinoma showed an increment in prevalence from 0.5% of all gynaecologic admission in 2008 to 1.0% in 2017. Type I endometrial carcinoma, specifically endometrioid adenocarcinoma accounted for 80% of cases, while endometrial serous carcinoma was the most common type II endometrial carcinoma representing 20% of cases. Over 75% of endometrial carcinomas occurred in postmenopausal women with a mean age of 59 years.
Conclusion:
There is a rise in the prevalence of endometrial carcinoma and endometrioid adenocarcinoma is the most common histologic type.
