colposcopy and treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Contents

Foreword vii

Acknowledgements ix

Preface xi

An introduction to the anatomy of the uterine cervix 1

An introduction to cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 13

An introduction to invasive cancer of the uterine cervix 21

An introduction to colposcopy: indications for colposcopy, 29

instrumentation, principles, and documentation of results

The colposcopic examination step-by-step 37

Colposcopic appearance of the normal cervix 45

Colposcopic assessment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 55

Colposcopic diagnosis of preclinical invasive carcinoma of the cervix 69

and glandular neoplasia

Inflammatory lesions of the cervix 79

Avoiding errors in the colposcopic assessment of the cervix and 85

colposcopic provisional diagnosis