Juniper Publishers: Carcinoma-in-Situ of the Vulva in a Developing Community
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS- JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health-Juniper Publishers Authored by Wilson I B Onuigbo* Abstract The vulva is a distinct anatomical female organ that has merited attention for long. From the 1970s, many cases of cancer at the in-situ stage had been published from mostly American centers with emphasis on local vulvectomy treatment. Therefore, this paper dwells on 6 cases collected in a Regional Pathology Laboratory patronized by women of the Igbo ethnic group who are living in a developing community in Nigeria. This was thanks to the auspicious establishment of a local histopathological data pool. It is to be noted that there was no follow up, the analysis being limited to basic clinical data. Keywords: Vulva; In-situ ...