title: Single-organ vasculitis of the cervix accompanying human papillomavirus infection.
abstract: Single-organ vasculitis (SOV) has rarely been reported to involve the female genital tract but mostly the uterine cervix. A 39-year-old woman was diagnosed to have a high-grade cervical intraepithelial lesion and was treated by large loop excision of the transformation zone. Histopathological evaluation of the excised specimen confirmed the diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade III accompanied by human papillomavirus infection. The excised second specimen showed the evidence of vasculitis of medium-sized vessels of the cervix, which is a quite rare form of SOV. It seems to be important to be aware of the localized form of polyarteritis nodosa limited to the female genital tract to prevent unnecessary immunosuppressive therapies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital , Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gözüküçük
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ufuk University Medical Faculty , Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aslı Yarcı
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Gürsoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ankara University Medical Faculty , Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Duygu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kankaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara University Medical Faculty , Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Atabekoglu
keywords: cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; human papillomavirus; polyarteritis nodosa; single-organ vasculitis; uterine cervix