title: Colposcopy in the diagnosis of human papilloma virus infection, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive carcinoma.
abstract: Colposcopic diagnosis of 156 different lesions of the cervix was compared with histologic examination of the cervical punch biopsies. Colposcopy showed high degree of sensitivity and specificity (96% and 99.2%) in cases of carcinoma of the cervix. In cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) it showed a sensitivity of 82.8% and specificity of 49.6%, while in subclinical papilloma virus infection (SPI), it showed high degree of specificity (93.7%) but poor sensitivity (19.7%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bajwa
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
mesh_terms: D003127:Colposcopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis*