Abstract
The incidence of tuberculous, bilharzial and amoebic cervicitis in Black patients at Baragwanath Hospital for the past 5 years is presented. The clinical presentation and the macroscopic and microscopic features of each type of cervicitis are discussed. The treatment of each condition is described, and the importance of differentiating cervical carcinoma from granulomatous cervicitis is stressed.
MeSH terms
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Amebiasis / pathology*
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Black People
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Black or African American*
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Cervix Uteri / pathology
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Entamoebiasis / drug therapy
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Entamoebiasis / epidemiology
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Entamoebiasis / pathology*
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Female
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Humans
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Schistosomiasis / drug therapy
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Schistosomiasis / epidemiology
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Schistosomiasis / pathology*
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South Africa
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Tuberculosis, Female Genital / drug therapy
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Tuberculosis, Female Genital / epidemiology
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Tuberculosis, Female Genital / pathology*
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Uterine Cervicitis / drug therapy
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Uterine Cervicitis / epidemiology
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Uterine Cervicitis / pathology*