The combined use of cytology and colposcopy in enhancing diagnostic accuracy in preclinical lesions of the uterine cervix.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1982
Abstract
In an attempt to evaluate the accuracy of cytologic and colposcopic findings (alone and in combination) in detecting preclinical lesions of the uterine cervix, diagnoses made in 170 consecutive patients referred for colposcopic examination at Nassau Hospital because of an abnormal Papanicolaou smear were reviewed. We found that of the investigative methods available prior to biopsy, a combined cytologic and colposcopic evaluation is preferred since it is highly accurate in predicting the degree of severity of a lesion (84.6% of all cases reviewed) and, in our experience, eliminates the problem of false negatives, which are encountered when either method is used to the exclusion of the other.
Volume
26
Issue
3
First Page
285
Last Page
291
ISSN
0001-5547
Published In/Presented At
Lozowski, M. S., Mishriki, Y., Talebian, F., & Solitare, G. (1982). The combined use of cytology and colposcopy in enhancing diagnostic accuracy in preclinical lesions of the uterine cervix. Acta cytologica, 26(3), 285–291.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
6954809
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article