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Definition / generalCite this page: Perunovic B. Inflammation-general. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/cervixinflammation.html. Accessed March 9th, 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