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CORRELATION OF SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, COLPOSCOPY AND HISTOLOGY IN 50 PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ABNORMAL CERVICAL CYTOLOGY
Author(s) -
Murphy John F.,
Jordan Joseph A.,
Allen Josephine M.,
Williams Anthony E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1974.tb00451.x
Subject(s) - colposcopy , cytology , histology , asymptomatic , medicine , scanning electron microscope , pathology , cervical cancer , radiology , cancer , materials science , composite material
Summary A comparison was made between colposcopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and histology in 50 asymptomatic patients presenting with abnormal cervical cytology. Colposcopy was very accurate in predicting epithelial abnormalities. Using already established criteria, the SEM changes of carcinoma in situ were found to be reliable and reproducible and it was also found possible to predict whether or not invasion of the basement membrane had taken place.