To investigate the progress and prognosis of cervical high-grade squamous epithelial lesion (HSIL) in pregnancy and its effects on pregnancy outcome.
Methods:
Eighty-five pregnant womenwho were complicated by cervical HSIL and accepted prenatal care and delivered in Shanghai First Maternity and InfantHospital from January 2013 to December 2017 were retrospectively recruited as case group. Another 85 pregnant women without cervical lesions were recruited as control. The progress and outcome of cervical HSIL in the case group and the association with delivery mode were analyzed. The pregnancy outcomes were compared between the two groups by two independent sample t-test, Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test.
Results:
In the case group, the regression rate of cervical HSIL was 29% (25/85) with 10 cases regressing to low-grade squamous epithelial lesion or atypical squamous epithelial cells of undetermined significance and 15 to chronic cervical inflammation; the persistence rate was 64%(54/85); and the progression rate was 7%(6/85). All six progressed patients gave birth to alive babies and one case progressed to invasive cervical cancer and five to HSIL with micro-invasive cervical cancer after delivery. There was no significant difference in the progression rate [7%(4/60) vs 8%(2/25)], regression rate [32%(19/60) vs 24%(6/25)] or persistence rate [62%(37/60) vs 68%(17/25)] between vaginal delivery and cesarean delivery women ( χ2=0.509, P=0.775). The incidence of premature birth of the HSIL group was higher than that of the control group [9%(8/85) vs 1%(1/85), Fisher's exact test, P=0.017], while there were no significant differences in the incidence of other complications or adverse pregnancy outcomes such as intrauterine fetal death, preterm premature rupture of membranes, low-lyingplacenta, amniotic fluidcontamination of Ⅱ-Ⅲ degree, placental abruption, oligohydramnios and fetal distress between the two groups (all P>0.05).