Volume : 6, Issue : 11, November - 2017

Evaluation of Colposcopy and Papanicolaou Smear in patients with Leucorrhoea

Dr. Sakshi Uboweja, Dr. Nanda Vinayak, Dr. Virul Shrivastava

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">INTRODUCTION:Leucorrhoea is the clinical evidence of infection and can be treated satisfactorily whenever diagnosed. Cervical cancer is the twelfth most common cancer in females. Papanicolaou smear (PAP smear) is a simple, safe, non-invasive and effective method for detection of pre-cancerous and changes in the cervix and vagina. Colposcopy is a worldwide accepted method for detection of early cervical neoplasia. </span><b style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Aim:</b><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> To evaluate the findings of the Colposcopy and Papanicolaou smear in patients with Leucorrhoea. OBJECTIVES:1. To study Pap smear in patients with leucorrhoea. 2. To study colposcopy in patients with leucorrhoea. 3. To compare the Pap smear and Colposcopy for diagnosing the preinvasive lesion and confirming with cervical biopsy. METHOD: It was a Prospective Cross-sectional study in which PAP smear and colposcopy was performed in 110 women who came with complaints of </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Leucorrhoea and both were compared. Cervical biopsy was taken wherever required. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">CONCLUSION: It is evident that colposcopy is definitely more sensitive and accurate than PAP smear. By combining Pap smear with colposcopy we can maximize the sensitivity and specificity of cancer cervix screening&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>