Your cervical biopsy has revealed an area of mild dysplasia. It is from this area that the health provider obtains cells when performing a Pap smear. Dysplasia may progress in 3 stages, from mild to moderate to severe. With severe dysplasia, the involvement of the skin with abnormal cells is almost complete, with the full thickness affected.
Cervical cancer develops once the abnormal cells extend beyond the full thickness of the skin.
HPV is a virus that may cause genital warts. It can be transmitted through sexual contact. Sometimes HPV does not cause warts, but rather enters the cells on the cervix and causes atypical or dysplastic changes. In most instances, mild dysplasia will spontaneously revert to normal without treatment. In a few instances, however, mild dysplasia will progress slowly to more advanced stages.