Cervical dysplasia and chronic cervicitis

ABSTRACT

Seventy five cervices were collected from hysterectomy specimens and autopsies performed at Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University on female patients dying from reasons other than malignancy of female genital tract. Histopathological studies showed chronic cervicitis in 73.3% of cases, dysplasia in 16.4% in cases with chronic cervicitis and 5% dysplasia in cases without cervicitis. 90% of cases of cervicitis was associated with dysplastic changes. Koilocytosis and dysplasia was found affecting more younger age group