Colposcopic patterns of vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia. A study from the Italian Society of Colposcopy and Cervico-Vaginal Pathology
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Sopracordevole F, Barbero M, Clemente N, Fallani Mg, Cattani P, Agarossi A, de Piero G, Parin A, Frega A, Boselli F, Mancioli F, Buttignol M, Currado F, Pieralli A, Ciavattini A, Italian Society of Colposcopy and Cervico-Vaginal Pathology (SICPCV)
ISSN: 0959-8278
The aim of this study was to evaluate the colposcopic patterns observed in women with a histopathological diagnosis of vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VaIN). The medical charts and the colposcopy records of women diagnosed with VaIN from January 1995 to December 2013 were analysed in a multicentre retrospective case series. The abnormal colposcopic patterns observed in women with VaIN1, VaIN2 and VaIN3 were compared. The vascular patterns and micropapillary pattern were considered separately. A grade II abnormal colposcopic pattern was more commonly observed in women with a biopsy diagnosis of VaIN3 rather than with VaIN1 or VaIN2 (P