Abstract

ALONSO FLEITES, Yoleisi et al. Cervical Lesions in Women Younger than 25 Years. Medisur [online]. 2011, vol.9, n.6, pp. 539-545. ISSN 1727-897X.

Background: Cervical cancer is essentially a sexually transmitted disease related to human papillomavirus infection. This disease’s incidence has been globally enhanced, particularly in increasingly younger women. Objective: To determine cervical lesions in women younger than 25 years. Methods: An observational, descriptive and correlational study including 248 patients registered at the Pathological Anatomy Service of the General University Hospital Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima of Cienfuegos was conducted from January to December 2007. It also included the first quarter of 2008. The following variables were analyzed: patient’s age, age at first intercourse, number of sexual partners, type and degree of injury, and reason for attending consultation. Results: Women over 21 years old and those who had had 2 and 3 sexual partners predominated. The main reason for attending consultation was cervicitis (84, 7%). In 22.6% of women grade I intraepithelial neoplasia was detected, while grade II and III were detected in 41, 9% and 33, 1%, respectively. In 90% of younger patients the lesion was malignant. Conclusions: The presence of cervical lesions in women under 25 years is not low and neither is the frequency of malignant lesions.

Keywords : uterine cervical neoplasms; women; young adult; papillomavirus infections.