Cervicitis classification
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Prince Tano Djan, BSc, MBChB [2]
Overview
Cervicitis may be classified according to the etiology, anatomical location and disease duration as infectious, non-infectious, acute, subacute and chronic cervicitis. The infectious causes are gonococcal, C. trachomatis and herpes. Examples of the non-infectious causes are traumatic injury to the cervix, chemical exposure, douching, latex, contraceptive creams, systemic inflammation example Behcet syndrome as well as radiation exposure.
Classification
Cervicitis may be classified according to the etiology, anatomical location and disease duration as follows:
Infectious vs. Non-infectious
Some of the infectious causes are gonorrhea, C. trachomatis and herpes. Examples of the non-infectious causes are traumatic injury to the cervix, chemical exposure, douching, latex, contraceptive creams, systemic inflammation example Behcet syndrome as well as radiation exposure.
Acute, Subacute or Chronic
There have not been an established timeline to define these classes, however, chronic cervicitis usually leads to complications. Chronic cervicitis is mostly as a result of non-infectious causes.
Endocervical or Ectocervical cervicitis
Endocervical cervicitis is more common than ectocervical cervicitis. Ectocervix which is made of squamous epithelium is relatively resistant to infectious agents than endocervix which is composed of columnar epithelium.