Accuracy of colposcopic impression and histological result.

Abstract

Objective : To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of colposcopic impression in women with abnormal cervical Pap smear using pathological result as the
"gold standard"

Study design : Retrospective study

Setting : The outpatient colposcopic clinic of Prapokklao Hospital, Chanthaburi, Thailand.

Result : Thirty hundred and seventy three patients had been undergone colposcopically directed biopsy. Comparing colposcopic impression with histological result revealed the accuracy is 88.5 percent in gradeI, 64.9 percent in gradeII, 79.4 percent in gradeIII and 92.5 percent in cancer. Colposcopy is a safe accurate test suitable for general hospital used in Thailand.
  
Keywords : colposcopically directed biopsy (CDB), Accuracy.