IBD linked to higher risk of cervical dysplasia

It's important women with IBD keep up to date with cervical screening, specialist says
Reuters Health Staff writer
pathologist looking down a microscope

Women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are more likely to develop high-grade cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN2+), a Dutch study suggests.

Researchers examined cervical cytology and histology data for nearly 2100 women with IBD and some 8400 women in a matched cohort from the general population in the Netherlands.