title: Human immunodeficiency virus infection and cervical neoplasia.
abstract: To determine the relationship between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and cervical neoplasia, the characteristics of invasive and preinvasive cervical disease in 114 patients of known HIV status were assessed. Seven of thirty-seven patients (19%) under age 50 with invasive cervical carcinoma were HIV-positive, including a 16-year-old with stage IIIB disease. HIV-positive patients had more advanced invasive cancer than HIV-negative patients. Disease persisted or recurred in all HIV-positive patients compared to 37% of HIV-negative patients. In HIV-positive patients, the median times to recurrence and death were 1 and 10 months, respectively. No HIV-positive patient had HIV-related symptoms. The mean T4:T8 cell ratio in HIV-positive patients was 0.49, compared to 1.86 in HIV-negative patients. The mean T4 cell count was 362/mm3 in HIV-positive and 775/mm3 in HIV-negative patients. Colposcopic evaluations of the lower genital tract of 77 patients with abnormal smears revealed higher-grade cytology and histology in 25 HIV-positive than in 52 HIV-negative patients. HIV-positive patients had significantly more multifocal/extensive lesions, multisite involvement, perianal involvement, evidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and associated gynecologic infections than HIV-negative patients. In areas at high risk for HIV infection, we must anticipate a high prevalence of HIV seropositivity in women with invasive cervical cancer. In the HIV-infected, cervical cancer is of advanced stage and responds poorly to therapy. Intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV-positive patients may be of higher grade than in HIV-negative patients, with more extensive involvement of the lower genital tract.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York-Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maiman
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Fruchter
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Serur
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Remy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feuer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boyce
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013601:T-Lymphocytes; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology