Benign and malignant tumors of cervix: 10 years study

Background: Cervix is part of female reproductive system. Cervix connects the upper body of the uterus to the vagina.The cervix is very commonly affected organ by a variety of infectious, inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. This study was undertaken to focus on uterine cervix tumors, including benign and malignant tumors. The most common uterine cervix benign tumors are leiomyoma. Carcinoma cervix is the commonest cancer among Indian women, accounting for 1/5 of the total cancer incidence. Aim: This study was undertaken to observe prevalence of benign and malignant tumour of the cervix, age at presentation and histological types according to WHO. Methods: This present study was conducted in one of the tertiary care hospital of Meerut city. This study was carried out on 539 cases of female genital tract tumor, out of which 198 cases of cervix during a period of ten years. For the present study all blocks, slides, punch biopsy, hysterectomy specimen, endocervical curettage, cervical amputation, conization of uterine cervix tumor were included. The chi square test is applied as test of significance. Results: There were 539 Female genital tract tumour diagnosed out of which 198 were tumour of the cervix. Leiomyomas is most common benign tumour of cervix where as squamous cell carcinoma 183(94.8%) and adenocarcinoma 7(3.6%) of the uterine cervix were the main malignant histological types. In age group of 31-40 years maximum cases of benign tumor of uterine cervix was observed whereas cervical cancer was commonest between the ages of 51-60 years. There was no patient with carcinoma of the cervix below the age of 20 years. Conclusion: The present study data can be used for estimation of load of the benign and malignant tumours of uterine cervix. Leiomyomas is most common benign tumour of cervix where as squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix were the main malignant histological types.