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Unique cytomegalovirus intracytoplasmic inclusions in ectocervical cells on a cervical/endocervical smear
Author(s) -
Hunt Jennifer L.,
Baloch Zubair,
Judkins Alexander,
LiVolsi Virginia A.,
Montone Kathleen T.,
Gupta Prabodh K.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199802)18:2<110::aid-dc5>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - medicine , cytomegalovirus , pathology , immunohistochemistry , biopsy , human cytomegalovirus , virology , virus , herpesviridae , viral disease
This case demonstrates unique cytomegalovirus (CMV)‐associated intracytoplasmic inclusions in the intermediate squamous cells of a cervical/endocervical smear. These concentric, rod‐shaped, perinuclear inclusions were stained for CMV by immunohistochemistry. Cytomegalovirus endocervicitis was also documented on a concurrent cervical biopsy. The finding of these characteristic inclusions on a routine endocervical/cervical smear may provide morphologic evidence for CMV infection in the absence of an adequate endocervical component. Diagn. Cytopathol. 1998;18:110–112. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.