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Title: ABNORMAL CERVICAL SMEAR;: COLPOSCOPY AND OUTCOME OF CERVICAL BIOPSY
Authors: AFIFA WAHEED, SOFIA IJAZ
Journal: The Professional Medical Journal (TPMJ)
Publisher: Independent Medical College, Faisalabad- Pakistan
Country: Pakistan
Year: 2012
Volume: 19
Issue: 1
Language: English
DOI: 10.29309/TPMJ/2012.19.01.1939
Keywords: Colposcopy,Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia,Carcinoma of cervix
Objective: To evaluate the colposcopic findings and biopsy results in patients with abnormal cervical smear reports. Studydesign: Interventional-Quasi experimental study. Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Unit-I, Services Hospital, Lahore.Period: Six months (June 21, 2007 to December 20, 2007). Material and Methods: Fifty patients were included according to inclusion criteria.Results: Mean age of the patients was found to be 32.8±7.3. Maximum patients were > para 4. 44% pap smears were with grade-II dyskaryosis.41 patients were found with acetowhite area, their biopsy findings showed 24.5% CIN-II cases. Same results were found in iodine negativeareas and biopsy in mosaic pattern showed 25% cases. Conclusions: Cervical cancer is a cause of morbidity and mortality amonggynecological malignancies, but with the help of non invasive technique like colposcopy it can be detected in its earlier stages where definitivecure is possible.
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