ReviewCytoJournal2022
The Pap smear in inflammation and repair.
Review in CytoJournal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Relationship of Vaginal Symptoms and Cervical Inflammation Severity with Cytological Abnormalities and HPV Positivity: A Prospective Observational Study.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Cannonballs inPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Prevalence of different types of vaginitis in Pap-smear samples from the Women's Clinic of Firouzabadi Hospital in Tehran 2019 to 2021.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2026Article
- High-risk human papillomavirus infection and cervical cytopathology: relationship with cervical nitric oxide levels.Virology journal · 2024Article
- Predictive Value of Various Atypical Cells for the Detection of Human Papillomavirus in Cervical Smears.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Collagen-Based Ovule Therapy Reduces Inflammation and Improve Cervical Epithelialization in Patients with Fungal, Viral, and Bacterial Cervico-Vaginitis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Observational
- Granulomas on cervical Pap smear: "Forget me not".CytoJournal · 2023Article
- Breast lump: "Keep me in your differentials".CytoJournal · 2023Article
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Abstract
Cytology of the uterine cervix is one of the most widely utilized tests and is best known primarily for the cytologic changes seen in precancerous lesions and invasive cancer of the uterine cervix. The more common inflammatory conditions of cervicitis and vaginitis are close clinical differentials, especially when they give rise to excessive blood-stained vaginal discharge. These infective conditions also result in variation in the appearance of otherwise benign squamous and glandular cells in cervical cytology specimens. A variety of physiologic and pathologic conditions are responsible for the conversion of polymicrobial flora of the vagina to a monomicrobial one. The latter may overgrow the others and result in inflammation of the cervix and the vagina. Chronic irritation of the cervix due to intrauterine devices, chemical irritants, inflammation/infection, endocrine changes, and reparative changes can lead to worrisome parakeratosis, hyperkeratosis, and squamous metaplasia of non-keratinized squamous mucosa of the cervix and the vagina and may mimic HPV-related changes. Although some benign changes are specific for certain infections, for example,
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