title: Spectrum of cervical lesions observed in 500 cases: Carcinoma cervix the leading cause of death in females.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The present study was done to know the various histopathological variants in cervical lesions, to know the age incidence and to know the preventive measures and early detection of cervical cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a retrospective and prospective study done on all the hysterectomy specimens and on punch biopsy samples sent for histopathology. We studied a total of 500 cases for a period of 3 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of the 500 cases, 395 cases were non-neoplastic and 105 cases were neoplastic lesions. Chronic cervicitis was the most common non-neoplastic lesion and large cell non-keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma was the most common malignant lesion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The main aim of presenting this study is to highlight the various histopthological variants, age incidence and to educate about the preventive measures and early detection of cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srikanth
mesh_terms: D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*