title: Herpetic cervicitis--a histo-morphologic study.
abstract: The purpose of this paper has been to find out the prevalence of herpetic cervicitis among routine surgical cervical biopsies, categorize the morphological changes and study their evolution. In a 51-month-period, 879 human uterine cervices were examined histologically, 19 percent (168) conforming to predetermined criteria for herpetic cervicitis. These criteria were typed as A through D starting with nuclear homogenization and passing through vesicle formation, bulla formation and finally ulceration. The type D lesion showed an agglomeration of Type A-C morphological changes occurring together, in addition to which focal submucosal haemorrhages were seen with severe congestion. The presence of the Herpes virus was confirmed with the Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase stain and the evolution of the bullae studied by means of the Alcian Blue-Periodic Acid Schiff stain (AB-PAS), Methyl Green-Pyronine (MG-P) stain and the Reticulum stain.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Shariff
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Thomas
mesh_terms: D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*