Schistosomiasis in chronic cervicitis [prevalence and pathological effect]

ABSTRACT

Histopathological examination of the cervix of 200 patients complaining of chronic cervicitis with positive urine or stool analysis, for schistosomiasis showed 8 cases of schistosomal infection [4%] varying degree of cellular abnormalities were associated with schistosomal infection in the form of 2 cases with cellular atypia, one case with well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma and one case with well differentiated adenocarcinoma. The high percentage of cases with cellular abnormalities [50%] among patient with schistosomal cervical infection together with its incidence in relatively younger patients are strong evidences that schistosomiasis may have a carcinogenic effect on the cervix