Acute cervicitis
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Synopsis
This condition can occur at any age but is more common in younger patients. Risk factors include multiple sexual partners and having unprotected intercourse. Although the condition can be asymptomatic, patients may present with vaginal complaints including discharge, burning, pain with intercourse, abnormal bleeding, pelvic pain, or bleeding with / after intercourse.
There is a chronic version of this condition as well.
Codes
ICD10CM:N72 – Inflammatory disease of cervix uteri
SNOMEDCT:
37610005 – Inflammation of cervix
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Differential Diagnosis & Pitfalls
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) – increased WBC count, fever, cervical motion tenderness, abdominal pain
- Trichomonal vaginitis – wet prep finding or nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), "strawberry" cervix (erythematous cervix with punctate lesions)
- Herpes simplex virus – ulcerations of vulva / vagina / cervix, or vesicular lesions
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Last Reviewed:05/01/2017
Last Updated:08/22/2021
Last Updated:08/22/2021