title: Correlation between the digital cervicography and pathological diagnosis performed at private clinics in Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the correlation tendency between abnormal findings of digital cervicography and cervical pathology at private clinics in Korea.
  
  
  METHODS
  Abnormal finding of digital cervicography performed at private clinics in Korea between January 1, 2010 and May 31, 2012 were analysed retrospectively. The patient's age, abnormal findings of digital cervicography, cervical cytology, human papillomaviru (HPV) test and cervical pathology were investigated and the rate of agreement between abnormal finding of digital cervicography and cervical pathology results was calculated. Abnormal findings of digital cervicography were divided into 4 categories: atypical, compatible with CIN1, compatible with CIN2/3 and compatible with cancer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study group was composed of 1547 women with a mean (range) age of 37.4 (14-91 years). The agreement rate between abnormal findings of digital cervicography and cervical pathology was 52.0% in "compatible with CIN1", 78.9% in "compatible with CIN2/3", and 90.2% in "compatible with cancer".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Abnormal findings of digital cervicography were highly concordant with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cancer examined at outpatient clinics in Korea. Therefore, abnormal interpretations of digital cervicography can be used as an excellent auxiliary technique with cervical cytology for CIN and cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seog-Nyeon
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Jin-Hwi
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chung-Won
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Min-Jong
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Eun-Kyung
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yong-Seok
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Keun-Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Soo-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.forename: Joo-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Sung-Jong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017149:Private Sector; D056910:Republic of Korea; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cancer; cervicography; cervix; neoplasia; pathology