IMR Press / EJGO / Volume 20 / Issue 2 / pii/1999135

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Original Research

Evaluation of the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and human papilloma virus infection in renal transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy

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1 Department of Ohstetrics and Gynecology; Ege University Medical School, izmir, Turkey
2 Department of Clinical Microbiology; Ege University Medical School, izmir, Turkey
3 Department of Pathology; Ege University Medical School, izmir, Turkey
Eur. J. Gynaecol. Oncol. 1999, 20(2), 127–130;
Published: 10 April 1999
Abstract

Objective: To investigate the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and the coexistence of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection in renal transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy. Materials and Methods: Cervical Papanicolaou (Pap) smear and colposcopic examinations were performed in 48 renal transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy. Microbiological and histopathologic findings were discussed. Results: The patients were evaluated as to cervical neoplasia risk factors and the results were found to be statistically insignificant (p>0.05). Genital neoplasia was encountered in 20 of the 48 renal transplant patients. Koilocytosis developed in 6 out of 8 (75%) patients who were receiving high dose immunosuppressive therapy due to transplant rejection. HPV was found in 2 out of 48 patients; these 2 patients had koilocytosis in their cervical biopsies. The difference between the positive predictive value of colposcopic evaluation and the Pap smear was found to be insignificant (p>0.05). However, if colposcopy had not been performed in two cases of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia class I (CIN-1) and in one case of cervical microinvasive carcinoma, the cases would have been incorrectly diagnosed as normal by the false-negative results of the Pap smear Conclusion: Renal transplant patients who were undergoing immunosuppressive therapy were found to be at increased risk of developing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. All the patients using immunosuppressive agents should be followed-up by Pap smears every six months and by colposcopic evaluation every year. Avoiding high-risk sexual acts will decrease the risk of HPV transmis­sion and the risk of genital neoplasia as well.

Keywords
Cervical neoplasia
Immunosuppression
Colposcopy
HPV
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