ABNORMAL CERVICAL SMEAR;

COLPOSCOPY AND OUTCOME OF CERVICAL BIOPSY

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the colposcopic findings and biopsy results in patients with abnormal cervical smear reports. Study
design: Interventional-Quasi experimental study. Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Unit-I, Services Hospital, Lahore.
Period: Six months (June 21, 2007 to December 20, 2007). Material and Methods: Fifty patients were included according to inclusion criteria.
Results: Mean age of the patients was found to be 32.8±7.3. Maximum patients were > para 4. 44% pap smears were with grade-II dyskaryosis.
41 patients were found with acetowhite area, their biopsy findings showed 24.5% CIN-II cases. Same results were found in iodine negative
areas and biopsy in mosaic pattern showed 25% cases. Conclusions: Cervical cancer is a cause of morbidity and mortality among
gynecological malignancies, but with the help of non invasive technique like colposcopy it can be detected in its earlier stages where definitive
cure is possible.