Abnormal colposcopic images in patients with preinvasive cervical lesions

• Published in: Journal of Health Sciences (Sarajevo) 2013-09, Vol.3 (2), p.98-102
• Main Authors: Babović, Adnan, Ljuca, Dženita, Bogdanović, Gordana, Muminhodžić, Lejla
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Abnormal colposcopic images; Biopsy; Cervical cancer; Medical screening; pre-invasive cervix lesion; Studies
• ISSN: 2232-7576; 1986-8049
• DOI: 10.17532/jhsci.2013.71

Introduction: The objective of the study was to determine frequency and to compare frequency of the abnormal colposcopic images in patients with low and high grade pre-invasive lesions of cervix.Methods: Study includes 259 patients, whom colposcopic and cytological examination of cervix was done. The experimental group of patients consisted of patents with pre-invasive low grade squamousintraepithelial lesion (LSIL) and high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), and the control group consisted of patients without cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN).Results: In comparison to the total number of satisfactory fi ndings (N=259), pathological findings were registered in N=113 (43.6 %) and abnormal colposcopic fi ndings in N=128 (49.4%). The study did notinclude patients with unsatisfactory fi nding N=22 (8.5%). Abnormal colposcopic image is present most frequently in older patients but there are no statistically important difference between age categories(Pearson Chi-Square 0.47, df -3, p=0.923). Frequency of abnormal colposcopic fi ndings (N=128) is the biggest in pathological cytological (N=113) and HSIL 58 (45.3%), LSIL 36 (28.1%). There is statisticallysignifi cant difference in frequency of abnormal colposcopic images in patients with low-grade in comparison to patients with high-grade pre-invasive cervix lesions (Chi-Square test, Pearson Chi-Square 117.14,df-12 p