Open AccessCHRONIC VULVAL SYMPTOMS: COMPARISON OF VARIOUS DIAGNOSTIC METHODS
Author(s) -
Akanksha Sharma,
Saritha Shamsunder,
Niti Khunger,
Geetika Khanna,
Vijay Zutshi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/12448
Subject(s) - colposcopy , vulva , magnification , medicine , cytology , biopsy , diagnostic accuracy , gynecological examination , dermatology , radiology , gynecology , pathology , cervical cancer , cancer , computer science , computer vision
The aim of our study was to compare the various diagnostic modalities for evaluation of chronic vulval symptoms. We studied 100 women presenting with chronic vulval symptoms who underwent examination of vulva with low magnification, scrape cytology, colposcopy & directed biopsy. The overall sensitivity and specificity for detecting vulvar lesions was 29.87% and 100% with low magnification 58.44% and 13.04% with cytology 77.92 % and 17.39 % with colposcopy. We concluded that clinical examination with or without magnification can detect most of the neoplastic lesions. Colposcopy and cytology have high negative predictive value and provide reassurance in absence of disease.