HISTORY
Colposcopy has only recently approached its proper place as an important ancillary aid in the practice of gynecology. Despite its late rebirth and popularization, colposcopy has been recognized as a valuable clinical tool abroad for nearly half a century, since shortly after it was first introduced by Hinselmann in 1925.
Colposcopy cannot be considered as a […]
The colposcope, whether attached to the examining table or mounted on a free standing mobile base, is best placed to the left of the examiner in order to provide ample room for those procedures most often performed with the right hand. Accordingly, left handed physicians should locate their colposcopes on the right. In either case, […]
Colposcopy possibly has its greatest use in evaluating a patient with an abnormal papanicolaou test. Many patients with positive or doubtful papanicolaou smears exhibit no obvious target lesion on gross examination with the unaided eye. The challenge benefit of colposcopy is in its potential to help identify and localize with a high degree of accuracy […]
The squamous tissues of the vagina and cervix are designated colposcopically as the original or native squamous epithelium, the columnar is called the original or native columnar epithelium. Native squamous epithelium shows little variation from the subject to subject. Under the colposcope, it is uniformly pale pink and translucent and frequently exhibits a feathery vascular […]
A colposcopy seems much like a Pap smear, however, there a few important differences. You are positioned on the examination table as in a Pap smear; however acetic acid is placed on the cervix which causes the cervical cells to fill with water so light will not pass through them. […]