CYTOLOGY OF GYNECOLOGIC CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM

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  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 21  (1) , 26-31
Abstract
The morphology of certain cell types often encountered in vaginal and cervical smears of condyloma patients are described. These cells, exfoliated from epithelium affected by condyloma virus, were found in 60% of the smears obtained from 192 women with condyloma acuminatum. Dysplasia of the cervical and vaginal epithelium is frequently associated with condyloma. Structural features typical of the condylomatous epithelium were common in these dysplasias. These lesions are probably also due to infection by condyloma virus, yet their significance is unknown and the possibility of a precancerous state cannot be ruled out except by a long term follow-up study which is in progress. This virus may affect the cervical and vaginal epithelium without any typical papillary condylomatous lesions resulting. Even in the absence of typical condylomatous papillary formations, cytologic findings may reveal condyloma infection.