Pitfalls in cervical colposcopy.
An awareness of the pitfalls associated with the various aspects of the colposcopic examination should minimize erroneous diagnosis and inappropriate treatment. The colposcopist, armed with current knowledge and guided by a diagnostic and therapeutic protocol, should be able to avoid them (summarized in Table 1).
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001706:Biopsy; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D003127:Colposcopy; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D014218:Triage; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*