Open AccessColposcopic Pattern of Cervicitis, Dysplasia and Previnvasive Cancer of the Uterine Cervix
Author(s) -
Rubinstein Eli
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348209156567
Subject(s) - colposcopy , medicine , dysplasia , cervicitis , uterine cervix , metaplasia , cervix , squamous metaplasia , cervical cancer , pathology , cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , gynecology , malignant transformation , epithelium , cancer , carcinoma
. The great majority of cervical neoplasia begin in the transformation zone between the squamous and the columnar epithelium, i.e. within the area in which metaplasia takes place. This process, both normal and atypical, can be studied colposcopically. Colposcopy increases the diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic success in cervical neoplasia as it is the only method that permits a topographical study of cervical lesions, and indicates the location of neoplastic epithelial proliferation.