Aim: The objective of this study was to analyse the different tumours and tumour like lesions detected in post mortem specimens we received in our institute over a period six years.

Methods: Our research is a descriptive observational study of tumour and tumour like pathologies detected in the post mortem specimens received over a 6 year period from Jan 2011 to Dec 2016 in the Pathology department, of our institution.

Results: A total 104 autopsy cases received in our department during this study period, were found to have presence of tumor or tumor like lesions. Among the 104 cases, 72 were non neoplastic lesions accounting for 69.2% cases and the remaining 30.8% were neoplasms. The age range was from 1month to 86 years with the maximum cases (23%) in the seventh decade. Mimickers of neoplasms detected were Tuberculoma inflammatory pseudo polyp, extramedullary hematopoiesis and diverticulum of small intestine. Leiomyoma, fibroma, thymoma and mature cystic teratoma comprised the benign category. The malignant lesions included are, renal cell carcinoma, metastatic adenocarcinoma, malignant thymoma and sarcoma.

Conclusions: Non neoplastic lesions constituted the majority (69.2%) in our study. In the neoplastic category, benign tumors constituted the majority, 18.3% of the total cases. The remaining 12.5% were malignant neoplasms, of which renal cell carcinomas was the single largest group accounting for 2.9% of the total cases. The results of our study were comparable with other similar studies.

Keywords: non-neoplastic lesions, benign, neoplasms, malignancy, Postmortem.

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Dr Cicy .P. J

Associate Professor Pathology, Government Medical College Kottayam, Kerala, India