Symptoms of chronic vaginal infection and microscopic condyloma in women.

The purpose of this study was to determine if women who self-reported symptoms of chronic vaginal infection might be at risk for microscopic condyloma and, therefore, in need of colposcopic examinations. The hypothesis tested was that women who report yeast-type symptom chronicity and who have yeast-negative laboratory studies will have a significant incidence of microscopic vulvar condyloma. The hypothesis was supported by the results. Findings show a need to broaden the use of the colposcope to detect condyloma in women with a chronicity of unexplained yeast-type symptoms.