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Herpesvirus cervicitis and cervical neoplasia. A cytologic review
Author(s) -
Amstey Marvin S.,
Patten Stanley F.,
Turk Michelle
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197312)32:6<1321::aid-cncr2820320605>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - medicine , cervicitis , cytology , pathology , cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , cervix , cervical cancer , cancer , gynecology
A review was made of cytologic data from 113 patients who had a diagnosis of herpesvirus infection on Papanicoloau stained smears from the cervix. A total of 43 from this group had additional abnormalities diagnosed from “atypical cells” to invasive cancer. However, 28 of these 43 patients demonstrated intraepithelial neoplasia before evidence of herpesvirus was noted on later smears. In addition, 81% or 24 patients in this group of 28 had primary‐type herpesvirus infection. These data would appear to be positive evidence for the greater susceptibility of atypical cervical epithelium to herpesvirus infections.