Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in a cohort of HIV-positive women at the University Hospital of the West Indies: management and outcome.

Objective: To determine the rate of recurrence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in HIV-positive women evaluated at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).

Method: A chart review of all non-pregnant HIV-positive women who attended the gynaecologic and colposcopic clinics between January 1994 and December 2004 identified 21 such women. Fifteen of these patients who had CIN and had at least one follow-up Pap smear were the main subjects of this study.