OBJECTIVE: To determine whether women who have a history of genital warts or whose sexual partners have such a history were more likely to have borderline or dyskaryotic cervical smears than other women. DESIGN: Prospective study conducted over a five month period. SETTING: A genitourinary medicine clinic in Cambridge, UK. PATIENTS: One hundred and eighty five women who attended the clinic during the study period, on whom cervical cytology was performed. Ninety-seven had a history of genital warts and twenty had partners with genital warts. METHODS: Cervical cytology taken by standard methods. Demographic data and sexual history obtained by questionnaire. Colposcopy was performed on patients with a history of warts or wart contact. OUTCOME MEASURED: Relative incidence of cytological abnormalities in the various groups of patients. RESULTS: "Borderline" nuclear change was the most frequent abnormality reported in the wart contact group (six cases) whereas mild dyskaryosis was the most frequent abnormal finding in those women with a history of warts (21 cases). CONCLUSIONS: Women with warts or contact with genital warts were more likely to have borderline or dyskaryotic cervical smears than women without such a history. Recommendations for follow-up of these patients are made.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether women who have a history of genital warts or whose sexual partners have such a history were more likely to have borderline or dyskaryotic cervical smears than other women. DESIGN: Prospective study conducted over a five month period. SETTING: A genitourinary medicine clinic in Cambridge, UK. PATIENTS: One hundred and eighty five women who attended the clinic during the study period, on whom cervical cytology was performed. Ninety-seven had a history of genital warts and twenty had partners with genital warts. METHODS: Cervical cytology taken by standard methods. Demographic data and sexual history obtained by questionnaire. Colposcopy was performed on patients with a history of warts or wart contact. OUTCOME MEASURED: Relative incidence of cytological abnormalities in the various groups of patients. RESULTS: "Borderline" nuclear change was the most frequent abnormality reported in the wart contact group (six cases) whereas mild dyskaryosis was the most frequent abnormal finding in those women with a history of warts (21 cases). CONCLUSIONS:Women with warts or contact with genital warts were more likely to have borderline or dyskaryotic cervical smears than women without such a history. Recommendations for follow-up of these patients are made.
Authors: D M Evans; E A Hudson; C L Brown; M M Boddington; H E Hughes; E F Mackenzie; T Marshall Journal: J Clin Pathol Date: 1986-09 Impact factor: 3.411
Authors: Hung N Luu; E Susan Amirian; R Palmer Beasley; Linda Piller; Wenyaw Chan; Michael E Scheurer Journal: PLoS One Date: 2013-11-28 Impact factor: 3.240