Era’s Lucknow Medical College & Hospital,
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
India
Research Article
Cervical Cytology Associated with Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases
Author(s): Misra JS, Srivastava AN, Sharique A and Srivastava KRMisra JS, Srivastava AN, Sharique A and Srivastava KR
Objective: The present study was aimed to investigate the incidence of squamous intraepithelial lesions of cervix (SIL), frank cervical cancer and different STDs in 503 women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
Study design: Cytological evolution of cervical smears was carried out in 503 women attending Gynae Outpatient Department of Era’s Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow India, between October 2009 and June 2014 who were diagnosed with PID and also during Rural Cervical Cancer Screening in Malihabad and Kakori Block of Lucknow District between May 2013 to April 2015.
Results: The cervical cytology in 503 women with PID showed alarmingly high rate of SIL (144- cases -28.6%) though 134 of them were of low grade. No case of carcinoma cervix was seen. The incidence of Candida albicans was 4.3% in these women and.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2157-7099.1000343
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