[Colposcopic aspects of the cervix (cervical score CCL)].
METHODS
A retrospective study reviewing 481 colposcopic scores carried out on patients examined at CCL with a suspicion of dysplasia of the cervix, between January 1990 and September 1992.


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the use and the reliability of a score designed to estimate the degree of severity of cases of cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN).


METHODS
Each method that describes the appearances of cervical pathology has been introduced in to a computerised programme. This places the score empirically limited to each parameter according to certain specific criteria worked out at CCL.


RESULTS
The correlation of the CCL cervical score has been proven to be excellent because the sensitivity of this test is 88.7% and contributes to the majority of controlled diagnoses.


CONCLUSIONS
The principal value of a colposcopic score lies in the strictness with which the lesions are described and contributes to raising the quality of training of colposcopists and teaching this sub-specialty. Furthermore a systematic application of the analysis carried out makes it possible to take biopsies clearly directed and this is judged necessary. (CCL is the Centre of Colposcopy and Laparoscopy in the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in the University of Lausanne.)
Spuhler
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Département de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Maternité-CHUV, Lausanne, Suisse.
D000085:Acetates; D019342:Acetic Acid; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003127:Colposcopy / Q000379:methods*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007454:Iodides; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*
D000085:Acetates; D007454:Iodides; D019342:Acetic Acid; C010389:Lugol's solution