Regression of genital papules and mild cervical intraepithelial neoplasia during immunotherapy (clinical case)
The article is devoted to one of the most urgent problems in cervicology - diseases associated with the human papillomavirus (HPV). It is known that one of the co-risk factors for HPV persistence is a decrease in local immunity (deficiency of macrophages). The problem of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) management is actualized by the tendency to increase this disease incidence; as a rule, the treatment of such patients consists in removing the infected tissue. Given that even after complete removal of HPV-infected tissues, CIN relapse may occur; national and foreign scientific literature increasingly focuses on auxiliary immunotherapy not only as prevention of relapses but also to stimulate the body’s defences. This publication uses a clinical example to consider patient management with a clinical form of HPV infection (genital papules) and a subclinical form (mild intraepithelial lesion). Immunotherapy use in the treatment of patients with HPV-associated diseases increases the efficacy of the main therapy and leads to HPV elimination.