title: Histopathological analysis of endometrial biopsies in Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Nigeria. A 5-year critical review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study is aimed at giving an insight into the pattern and age distribution of endometrial analysis as seen at Jos University Teaching Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a retrospective reviewed cases of endometrial biopsies diagnosed between January 1998 to December 2002 in the Histopathological Department ofJos University Teaching Hospital
  
  
  RESULTS
  A review of endometrial biopsies slides from 556 patients revealed that pregnancy related diagnosis was the commonest, representing 302 (54.3%) of histopathological diagnosis, followed by endometrial hyperplasia, accounting for 97 cases (17.5%) and majority of which was categorised as mild hyperplasias. Hydatidiform mole, which ranked third, constituted 58 (10.4%) of the cases studied. Choriocarcinoma was the leading malignancy representing 10 cases (45%) of the malignant tumours and 1.8% of all the endometrial biopsies. Endometrial adenocarcinoma, stromal sarcoma and metastatic cancer constituted 6 (1.0%), 3 (0.5%) and 3 (0.5%), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The commonest endometrial pattern seen in JUTH over the study period was products of conception which peak in the third decade of life; primary malignancies of the endometrium are uncommon in JUTH and they represented just about 2%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology/Haematology,University of Jos, Nigeria. Mdayuba10th@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dauda
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Mandong
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Manasseh
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Malami
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Echejoh
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Silas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D031901:Gestational Trophoblastic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult