endocervicitis


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Related to endocervicitis: colposcopy, hysterorrhexis, perimetritis, lactorrhea
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Noun1.endocervicitis - inflammation of the mucous lining of the uterine cervix
inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
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en·do·cer·vi·ci·tis

n. endocervicitis, infl. de las glándulas y epitelio del cuello uterino y el útero.
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References in periodicals archive ?
43 nonneoplastic lesions include chronic polypoid endocervicitis (CPEC- 10 cases), Koilocytes (3 cases), chronic cervicitis (12 cases), normal study (10 cases), acute-on-chronic cervicitis (7 cases), only haemorrhage (1 case).
In males, this manifests as urethritis, while females present with endocervicitis.
Inflammatory lesions both chronic nonspecific cervicitis and polypoid endocervicitis were commonly found in the sexually active period of women, that is, 30-60 years, with a peak incidence in the age group of 41-50 years.
Moderate nonspecific endocervicitis was also present.
The proliferation of tumour showed moderate nuclear pleomorphism, high mitotic activity, with necrosis and vascular invasion; the endocervix presented an area of H-SIL (high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions) and chronic endocervicitis; myometrium with multiple leiomyoma nodules.
Well-Differentiated Villoglandular Papillary Adenocarcinoma Versus Benign Mimics.--Well-differentiated villoglandular papillary adenocarcinoma may rarely be confused with papillary endocervicitis, especially in small and very superficial biopsies or when papillary endocervicitis is very florid.