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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 313-316 |
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Correlation of human papilloma virus presence with precancerous and cancerous lesions of uterine cervix by immunohistochemistry
Meenu Pujani1, Kalpana Singh2, Mukta Pujani3
1 Department of Pathology, SN Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Agra, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Pathology, SN Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Agra, India
3 Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Mukta Pujani
Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi - 110 001
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.102033
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Background : Cancer of cervix is the most common form of cancer in females of developing countries. Cervical cancer is the best example of common human malignancy with a proven infectious etiology. The data linking human papilloma virus (HPV) infection with the epidemiology and pathogenesis of cervical neoplasia is convincing. There are various methods for detection of HPV like immunohistochemistry, polymerase chain reaction, liquid phase hybridization (hybrid capture test), in situ hybridization etc. Materials and Methods: We studied the profile of precancerous and cancerous lesions of uterine cervix and correlated human papilloma virus (HPV) presence with precancerous and cancerous lesions of uterine cervix by immunohistochemistry. Total 50 cases were first studied, analyzed, and classified histologically and then immunohistochemistry was done. Results : Majority of the cases 36/50 (72%) under study are squamous cell carcinomas, which is the most common carcinoma found in the uterine cervix. HPV positivity for all cases of cervical carcinoma was found to be 34.7% (16/46 cases), for carcinoma in situ, it was 50% (2/4 cases). It can be thus hypothesized that with decreasing differentiation, there is loss of expression of HPV in the cervical epithelial cells. Conclusion: To conclude, though this study confirms the correlation of HPV presence with precancerous and cancerous lesions of uterine cervix, it also suggests that there must be other co-factors involved in cervical carcinogenesis as well. |
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