Aim: The paediatric surgical pathology specimens manifest a wide spectrum of morphological and histological features. The present work has been undertaken to know the prevalence and to describe the profile of paediatric surgical pathology specimens from western India as seen in Ahmedabad, India from 2008 to 2010. Materials and Methods:We reviewed 140 paediatric surgical specimens, 118 specimens rendered definitive diagnosis were included for the analysis. Cases were divided in two groups, one of developmental and congenital conditions and another of acquired lesions.Results: This study included 118 patients of which 79.3 % were male and 20.7 % were female. Age range of the patients was one day to twelve years. Children of one month to one year age group (infants) were the most vulnerable (31.3% cases). Group of developmental and congenital conditions consisted
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