title: HPV incidence in the Republic of Panama in 1985.
abstract: The Author presents the analysis of the diagnostic possibilities in HPV infection with three associated methodologies: colposcopy, cytology and histology. With this aim he examined during 1985, 754 patients and carried out 898 colposcopic exams, 883 colpocytological studies and 159 target biopsies. Among these patients he found 271 cases affected by HPV. Reviewing the most representative clinical pictures facing the final diagnosis of HPV, leukoplakia was presented in 33.6% of cases; the atypical transformation zone in 16.6% associated with the virus and slight dysplasia. The atypical reepithelization zone represented 33.2% of cases associated with typical virus and slight dysplasia. The author emphasizes the real importance of using colposcopy integrated with cytology and histology in the detection of cervical viral lesions.
authors.affiliation: Oncologic National Service, Panama, Rep. Panama.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Garrido
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000453:epidemiology; D003075:Coitus; D003127:Colposcopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007971:Leukoplakia / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010176:Panama; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology