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934559

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-8-23
pubmed:abstractText
One-hundred thirty-two patients with abnormal Papanicolaou smears of the cervix uteri during pregnancy underwent colposcopic evaluation. Seventy-five patients had biopsies during pregnancy, and 34 patients had colposcopic evaluation without performing any biopsy. Postpartum colposcopic evaluation was performed on 95 patients. In 93 patients of this group, the postpartum cytologic and histologic information obtained was the same or less than that obtained in antepartum evaluation. In only 1 case, antepartum colposcopically guided biopsy at 38 weeks' gestation revealed moderate dysplasia, and postpartum cold conization showed carcinoma in situ. In another case, colposcopic evaluation and biopsy during pregnancy showed mild dysplasia while colposcopic biopsy as well as examination of a hysterectomy specimen taken at 16 months after delivery revealed severe dysplasia. No case of invasive carcinoma was missed during pregnancy. The results of this study, in support of previous reports, show that colposcopic evaluation is a simple, safe, and accurate method of investigating abnormal Papanicolaou smears during pregnancy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0029-7844
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
693-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Colposcopic evaluation of patients with abnormal cytologic smears during pregnancy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article