Sierra Sacramento Valley Medicine Archives
Volume 58 / Number 5 - September / October 2007
About the Cover

About the Cover Pathologist Gordon Love took this photo of a patient's vaginal/cervical preparation, showing an "island" of displastic epithelial cells. The perinuclear haloes often signify HPV infection.

The specimen has been magnified to 400 times its original size.

Click here to view Dr. Love's article on HPV infections in this edition of SSV Medicine.