Ahmet Bilgi1, Şevki Göksun Gökulu2, Orkun İlgen3, Mehmet Kulhan1, Seda Akgün Kavurmacı4, Hüseyin Toz5, Mustafa Coşan Terek4. 1. Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Konya, Turkey. 2. Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Mersin, Turkey. 3. Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, İzmir, Turkey. 4. Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, İzmir, Turkey. 5. Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Since the first days of organ transplantation, it has been accepted that solid transplant recipients have a high risk of developing cancer. Chronic immunosuppression and environmental factors play a role in cancer development in recipients. In the present study, we tried to evaluate the cumulative incidence of cervical dysplasia after renal transplantation, risk factors for disease development, and the time until high-grade dysplasia occurred. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 50 patients with renal transplantation who presented for gynecologic follow-up was included in the study. The medical records of the patients were reviewed until the last clinical visit, their demographic characteristics, transplant history, gynecologic history, and gynecologic examination results (cervical cytology and histology reports) were reviewed. RESULTS: Of the 50 women in the study population, 29 (58%; 95% confidence interval: 8.8-15.9) developed cervical dysplasia after the first transplant at a median follow-up of 7.8 (range: 4.6-12.9) years. Twenty-one women with benign cervical cytology before transplantation had evidence of low-grade intraepithelial lesions + after transplant (47% of these were within 2 years after transplant). During the follow-up, 8 women (18.2%) were diagnosed as having high-grade intraepithelial lesions + (within 5 years after transplantation). CONCLUSION: Renal transplant patients were found to have higher abnormal cervical cytology and histology rates than the normal population.
OBJECTIVE: Since the first days of organ transplantation, it has been accepted that solid transplant recipients have a high risk of developing cancer. Chronic immunosuppression and environmental factors play a role in cancer development in recipients. In the present study, we tried to evaluate the cumulative incidence of cervical dysplasia after renal transplantation, risk factors for disease development, and the time until high-grade dysplasia occurred. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 50 patients with renal transplantation who presented for gynecologic follow-up was included in the study. The medical records of the patients were reviewed until the last clinical visit, their demographic characteristics, transplant history, gynecologic history, and gynecologic examination results (cervical cytology and histology reports) were reviewed. RESULTS: Of the 50 women in the study population, 29 (58%; 95% confidence interval: 8.8-15.9) developed cervical dysplasia after the first transplant at a median follow-up of 7.8 (range: 4.6-12.9) years. Twenty-one women with benign cervical cytology before transplantation had evidence of low-grade intraepithelial lesions + after transplant (47% of these were within 2 years after transplant). During the follow-up, 8 women (18.2%) were diagnosed as having high-grade intraepithelial lesions + (within 5 years after transplantation). CONCLUSION: Renal transplant patients were found to have higher abnormal cervical cytology and histology rates than the normal population.
Authors: Kristian Reinholdt; Louise T Thomsen; Christian Dehlendorff; Helle K Larsen; Søren S Sørensen; Merete Haedersdal; Susanne K Kjaer Journal: Int J Cancer Date: 2019-08-02 Impact factor: 7.396