Schistosomiasis in chronic cervicitis [prevalence and pathological effect]
New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 1994; 11 (1): 542-545
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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
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IMEMR (Mediterraneo Oriental)
Asunto principal:
Esquistosomiasis
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de prevalencia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
New Egypt. J. Med.
Año:
1994
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