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Colposcopic findings of gland openings in cervical carcinoma: Their histological backgrounds
Author(s) -
Kishi Y.,
Inui S.,
Sakamoto Y.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(87)90239-6
Subject(s) - medicine , colposcopy , squamous metaplasia , cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , carcinoma , carcinoma in situ , cervical carcinoma , pathology , adenoma , metaplasia , gynecology , cervical cancer , epithelium , cancer
During the past 8 years 1501 colposcopies were performed paying a special attention to cervical glands for diagnosis of cervical intra‐epithelial neoplasia (CIN) and carcinoma. Normal openings could exclude these diseases at the error rate of only 5.1%, while atypical openings could identify them at the high confidence rate of 96.3%. False positive evaluations were mostly attributable to a marked degree of squamous metaplasia in the glands. The absence of gland openings in the main portion of the lesions amounted to 88.6% in invasive carcinomas but to only 12.4% in CIN. Adenoma malignum was a highly characteristic exception.