Can we substitute brush cytology for biopsy in the evaluation of cervical lesions under the guidance of colposcopy?
Eftekhar Z; Izadi-Mood N; Yarandi F; Khodamoradi M; Rahimi-Moghaddam P Division of Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mirza Koochak Khan Hospital, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. par127@mail.usask.ca In cervical cancer screening, colposcopically directed biopsy is the gold standard method for identifying intraepithelial and occult invasive lesions of the uterine cervix. As biopsy needs special expertise and the procedure is not convenient for the patients, we sought to evaluate colposcopically directed brush cytology as a substitute for biopsy of cervical lesions. We studied a series of 150 women who were referred for colposcopic evaluation. Colposcopically directed brush cytology and biopsy were performed for all patients with abnormal colposcopic findings. A total of 40 samples were excluded due to unsatisfactory report of brush cytology. Of the remaining 110 samples, 34 abnormal pathologies were reported in biopsy evaluations, while only 9 abnormal cytologies wer
Related Questions
- Can we substitute brush cytology for biopsy in the evaluation of cervical lesions under the guidance of colposcopy?
- Is systematic scalene node biopsy in pretreatment evaluation of locally advanced cervical carcinoma necessary?
- Why are there different age categories on the Evaluation Guidance forms compared to the budget tables?
