HISTOPATHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINAL LESIONS IN A TERITARY CARE HOSPITAL - A 2 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS.

Dr.Devi Jawahar; Dr.Muruganantham Arunagirinathan

Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

HISTOPATHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINAL LESIONS IN A TERITARY CARE HOSPITAL - A 2 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS.

Dr. Devi Jawahar, Dr. Muruganantham Arunagirinathan

Abstract :

Small and large intestine are affected by a variety of lesions, both non–neoplastic and neoplastic. Large intestine harbours more of malignancies than the small intestine. Histopathological examination of biopsy, polypectomy and resected specimens are crucial for determining the extent of disease, patient management and prognosis assessment.

Aim and objective:

To study the age, sex and site wise distribution of various histopathological lesions of small and large intestine over a period of 2 years.

Materials and Methods:

A retrospective study of HPE slides of small biopsies, polypectomies and large resected specimens of 131 cases over a period of 2 years from April 2016 to March 2018 done at the Department of Pathology, GVMCH, Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Results:

Out of 131 cases, 72 were inflammatory (55%), 8 were benign(6%) and 51 cases were malignant(39%) lesions. Majority of the epithelial malignancies were adenocarcinomas of large intestine