A study of patients infested with trichomonas vaginalis uncovered by pap smear examination.

ABSTRACT

Pap smears examination of 5,995 woman at Cytological Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, from January 3, 1983 to February 28, 1983, revealed 216 cases (3.6%) harbouring Trichomonas vaginalis. Their ages ranged from 16-67 years with the mean age of 33.9+9.5 years. 63.9% had clinical diagnosis of check-up, 5.5% Trichomoniasis, 5.1% leucorrhea, 4.2% vaginitis and 3.7% myoma uteri. Concurrent cytological findings included mycosis 0.9%, gonorrhea 0.5%, herpes simplex progenitalis 0.9%, nonkeratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix 0.9% and inflammatory cellular changes 99.5%. It is conceivable that these patients with Trichomonas vaginalis infestation ought to pursue the follow-up examination or surveillance for possible inflammatory cellular changes leading to future occurrence of or association with cervical cancer.