Cervical leiomyosarcoma in a teenage girl: A rare form of uterine leiomyosarcoma.

Sarcomas arising from the cervix are rare, and the reported prevalence is 0.20-0.55%.

Primary umbilical endometriosis: Radical excision (omphalectomy) and laparoscopic management of associated pelvic endometriosis in a low resource tertiary hospital.

Primary umbilical endometriosis (PUE) is a rare condition affecting 0.5 - 1% of all extragenital endometriosis cases. We reviewed the data of five women with umbilical endometriosis retrospectively.

High risk human papilloma virus (HPV) common among a cohort of women with female genital mutilation.

Background: Nigeria accounts for 25% of cases of Female genital mutilation (FGM) worldwide, with increased incidence of cervical cancer.

Objective: This study was aimed at evaluating the relationship between FGM and HPV in a locality with high prevalence of FGM.

Methods: Papanicolaou test, DNA hybridization using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), and flow-through hybridization was done to determine the genotypic variants of the HPV.