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Table 2 Histopathology pattern of positive visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) screening test and underwent loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP)

From: Unraveling cervical cancer screening dilemmas: histopathological insights from VIA and LEEP at bugando medical centre, Mwanza

Lesion type

Histopathological results

frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Benign lesion

 

203

61.7

 

Chronic cervicitis

155

47.1

 

Squamous metaplasia without atypia

12

3.7

 

Normal cervical

10

3.0

 

Nabothian cyst

7

2.1

 

Cervical polyp

6

1.8

 

Cervical leiomyomatous

5

1.5

 

Cervical schistosomiasis

4

1.2

 

Condyloma acuminate

2

0.6

 

Tuberculosis

2

0.6

Precancerous

 

100

30.4

 

Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

42

12.8

 

High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion

58

17.6

Cancerous lesion

 

26

7.9

 

Micro-invasion

13

4.0

 

Invasive squamous cell carcinoma

9

2.7

 

Adenosquamous carcinoma

2

0.6

 

Adenocarcinoma

2

0.6