Abstract：
AIM:Surgical pathology service is generally unavailable in most developing countries and comes with challenges. Cytopathology is a reliable, inexpensive adjunct to surgical histopathology. We present a retrospective review of the various cytopathology cases received at the department. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective review of 836 cytopathology cases from January 2010 to December 2011 at the Department of Pathology of our hospital was conducted. All cytopathology reports and records from the department were retrieved and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 16 for windows. RESULTS:A total of 836 (mean age 38.18 ± 22.18) cases were reviewed, at an average of approximately 418 cases performed a year (5.7% of the total workload). More than half (58.0%) of the cases received had no clinical diagnosis indicated on request forms. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of the cases were diagnosed as either definite or nondefinite. The breast was the most aspirated specimen site (20.2%). Benign cases formed 45.0% of all the cases and 29.0% were malignant. There were more benign than malignant cases with respect to all sites aspirated except the breast (18.3%), lymph nodes (35.0%), and soft tissues (11.7%) where the reverse occurred. CONCLUSION:Patronage of cytopathology in Kumasi is increasing and serves as a quick, cheap, and effective alternate means for diagnosis. Improving and expanding on the current practice will ensure that pathologists in practice sustain and improve diagnostic cytopathology and provide material for training young pathologists.
journal_name
J Cytoljournal_title
Journal of cytologyauthors
Duduyemi BM,Owusu-Afriyie O,Danquah KO,Osakunor DNdoi
10.4103/0970-9371.197593subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-01-01 00:00:00pages
22-26issue
1eissn
0970-9371issn
0974-5165pii
JCytol-34-22journal_volume
34pub_type
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journal_title：Journal of cytology
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doi：10.4103/0970-9371.86355
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journal_title：Journal of cytology
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doi：10.4103/0970-9371.93210
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doi：10.4103/0970-9371.188062
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journal_title：Journal of cytology
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Journal of cytology
pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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