Table 3.

 Presence or absence of CIN according to the presence or absence of HPV and HPV types/combinations in all samples of whole cones from each patient

Case (no of samples)	No of samples/sections*	Histology	HPV type
Case 1 (n = 9)	1/section 7	Normal	Negative
	1/section 4	CIN I	Negative
	7/sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9	CIN III	33, 58
Case 2 (n = 11)	1/section 3	Normal	Negative
	3/sections 5, 8, 11	CIN I	33, 35
	1/section 10	CIN I	35
	1/section 9	CIN II	33, 35
	3/sections 1, 6, 7	CIN III	33, 35
	1/section 4	CIN III	58
	1/section 2	CIN III	Negative
Case 3 (n = 13)	9/sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13	CIN I	33, 35
	2/sections 6, 8	CIN I	16, 33, 35
	1/section 10	CIN I	16
	1/section 9	CIN I	Negative
Case 4 (n = 7)	6/sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7	CIN III	Negative
	1/section 6	CIN III	16
Case 5 (n = 12)	4/sections 8, 9, 11, 12	CIN I	Negative
	7/sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7	CIN III	33, 58
	1/section 10	CIN III	Negative

*Sections are numbered in figs 1–5.

CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; HPV, human papillomavirus.