Background: Cervical cancer is one of the most common female
genital tract malignancy and one of the leading causes of death among the
female population. Cervical cancer continues to be with high prevalence among
the populace in Africa. It is one of the cancers whose incidence has been
drastically reduced due to continuous systematic screening. Aim: To evaluate
the cervical smear analysis in Cross river State, Nigeria. Methodology: This is
a cross sectional study of cervical smear of women in 5 out of the 18 local
government areas of Cross River State (CRS), Nigeria. These local governments
were randomly selected. These local government areas include, Akpabuyo, Biase,
Calabar south, Municipality and Akamkpa local government areas. The primary
health care centres in each of these five local governments were visited, Pap
smear was done for the women who visited these primary health care centre and
the results were analysed. Results: A total of 114 cervical smears were
analyzed. The age range of the subjects is between 2069 years. The mean age in
this study is 34.2 years. In all, 7.0% of the cervical smear show squamous
intraepithelial lesions out of which 6.14% had low grade squamous
intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) and 0.9% had high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
(HSIL). Cervical smear that were negative for intraepithelial lesion had a
prevalence of 93.0%. Conclusion: The prevalence of squamous intraepithelial
lesion (SIL) is relatively high in semi-rural areas in Cross River State and
there is urgent need for improvement in screening programs in order to reduce
the incidence rate of the cervical cancer.
Author(s) Details
Dr. Ayodele Omotoso Author(s) Details
Department of Pathology, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.
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