Cervix
Inflammatory / infectious
Inflammation-general
Author: Branko Perunovic, D.M.
Topic Completed: 1 May 2007
Minor changes: 5 July 2020
Copyright: 2007-2021, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed search: Inflammation Cervix
Table of Contents
Definition / generalCite this page: Perunovic B. Inflammation-general. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/cervixinflammation.html. Accessed January 22nd, 2021.
Definition / general
- At menarche, the ovaries produce estrogen, leading to glycogen uptake by cervix and vaginal squamous mucosa
- Shedding cells promote the growth of vaginal aerobes and anaerobes, leading to a reduced (acidic) vaginal pH, which causes metaplastic transformation of transformation zone mucosa from columnar to squamous in exposed endocervix
- Squamous epithelium overgrows columnar epithelium, obstructing crypt openings and forming Nabothian cysts
- Produces acute and chronic inflammatory infiltrate
