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[HPV 16 DNA occurrence in lymph nodes of patients with cervical carcinoma]
Krzysztof Łukaszuk1, Joanna Liss, Jacek Gulczyński
1Samodzielnej Pracowni Endokrynologii i Diagnostyki Laboratoryjnej, Gdańsku.
Objectives:
We estimated the occurrence of DNA HPV 16 presence in lymph nodes of 25 patients undergoing abdominal operation for cervical carcinoma.
Materials And Methods:
The presence of HPV 16 DNA was detected during the preoperative diagnosis procedure by the PCR method.
Results:
According to the histopathological examination, metastases in the lymph nodes were present in material from two patients. It was confirmed HPV 16 DNA was detected with PCP. We found also 6 patients with HPV 16 DNA in their lymph nodes without histological confirmation.
Conclusions:
We consider PCR detection of HPV DNA as a simple and useful support of pathology diagnosis.
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