CERVICAL SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION

Abstract

Abstract. The cytological evidence of cervical squamous epithelium lesions associated with HPV infection was identified as the presence of koilocytes in 16% of patients and atypical multicore cells with core and/or cytoplasm dystrophy of para-basal layer cells in 46%. The high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions were associated with the presence of HPV 16 mostly in combination with other high risk HPV genotypes.

Keywords

• cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
• human papillomavirus
• koilocytes