[Study of human papillomavirus in small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix].

OBJECTIVE: To observe the infection of the high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) in the specimen of the small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix (SCNEC). METHODS: We extracted the nucleic acids in the formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded specimen from a 33-year-old patient diagnosed as small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of uterine cervix and detected the HPV genotype with the nested PCR. RESULTS: We identified HPV18, a high-risk genotype, in the specimen. CONCLUSION: The HPV detection with the nested PCR was available for identification of the HPV genotype(s) in the paraffin-embedded specimens of small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix with a high accuracy and sensitivity.