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A clinical review of cervicography

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A new investigative modality, cervicography, has been advocated for cervical screening. In the first 51 patients referred for colposcopy because of an abnormal cervicogram, none had invasive cancer and 75% had preinvasive cancer. The cervicogram appears superior to cytology but inferior to colposcopy in the detection of cervical pathology. Based on the available evidence, however, cervicography cannot be recommended for universal screening. It may have a role in the follow-up of patients with a mildly abnormal cervical smear, but the optimum management remains early referral for colposcopy.

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  1. National Maternity Hospital, Holies Street, Dublin

    M. J. Turner, B. M. Byrne, G. Flannelly, P. Maguire, P. M. Lenehan & J. F. Murphy

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Turner, M.J., Byrne, B.M., Flannelly, G. et al. A clinical review of cervicography. I.J.M.S. 159, 50 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02937249

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