Abstract: Introduction: The proportion of malignancy from genital tract origin in females ranges from 22.4% to 55.8% in India; which poses a major health problem, and has been rising in the recent years.
Aim: Is to study the histopathological and immunohistochemistry features of rare tumors of female genital tract.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of rare female genital tract tumors was conducted at Sri Manakula Vinayagar medical college and hospital, Pondicherry, for a period of5 years (July 2019 to July 2023).
Results: A total of 636 cases with gynaecological complaints were studied, out of which 50 cases of rare female genital tract tumours including both benign and malignant were identified. The anatomic distributions these tumors include vulva (4%), vagina (2%), cervix (12%), endometrium (8%), myometrium (12%), fallopian tubes (8%), ovary (46%), broad ligament (6%) and periurethral (2%).
Conclusion: Rare FGT tumors can mimic common malignancies clinically and radiologically and can be diagnostically challenging. Hence histopathological diagnosis has to be considered as a gold standard and has to be confirmed by immunohistochemistry for relevant cases.
Indexed in Index Copernicus
