Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Prince Rupert Regional Hospital, Prince Rupert, B. C., Canada.
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COLPOSCOPY IN PREGNANCY A TWELVE YEAR REVIEW
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01006.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 88, Issue 4, pages 414–420, April 1981
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How to Cite
Mcdonnell, J. M., Mylotte, M. J., Gustafson, R. C. and Jordan, J. A. (1981), COLPOSCOPY IN PREGNANCY A TWELVE YEAR REVIEW. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 414–420. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01006.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received September 25, 1980/Accepted October 27, 1980
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Summary
In a 12-year period, 195 patients with abnormal cervical cytology in pregnancy had colposcopy, of whom 73 had Grade IV cytology. Colposcopic findings in pregnancy correlated closely with the postpartum colposcopic assessment and this in turn predicted the ultimate histological diagnosis. Wedge biopsies were taken in two women in whom invasive disease could not be excluded colposcopically. Cone biopsy was avoided in all patients. No frank or occult invasive disease was missed but one patient was ultimately found to have a small focus of microinvasive disease six months post partum. Postpartum cytology gave a reasonable guide to the ultimate histology, although postpartum colposcopy was found to be of value even where cytology had by then reverted to normal.