Atlas of Colposcopy: Principles and Practice / Activity 6

Case

Normal / Atrophy
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Age: 60
HPV status: Negative

Speculum examination

After normal saline

After acetic acid

After acetic acid with green filter

After Lugol’s iodine

Colposcopy report (2011 IFCPC nomenclature):
/ Post-treatment consequence / Endometriosis

General assessment
Adequacy:

Squamocolumnar junction visibility:

Transformation zone:

Normal colposcopic findings
Original squamous epithelium:

Columnar epithelium:

Metaplastic squamous epithelium:

Deciduosis in pregnancy:

Abnormal colposcopic findings
General principles
Position and size

Location of the lesion:

Location of the lesion by clock position:
No. of quadrants:

% of cervix:

Grade 1 (minor)

Grade 2 (major)

Non-specific

Suspicious for invasion

Miscellaneous finding

Swede score:

Swede score 0 1 2
Aceto uptake Nil or transparent Thin, milky Distinct, stearin
Margins Nil or diffuse Sharp but irregular, jagged, satellites Sharp and even, difference in level
Vessels Fine, regular Absent Coarse or atypical vessels
Lesion size < 5 mm 5-15 mm or 2 quadrants >15 mm, 3-4 quadrants, or endocervically undefined
Iodine uptake Brown Faintly or patchy yellow Distinctly yellow
Final Swede score: 0

Case Summary
Provisional diagnosis: Type 3 transformation zone; normal cervix with atrophic change.
Management: No further screening is required.
Histopathology: Not done.
Comment: Blood vessels can have confusing patterns. The vessels seen over the anterior lip of the cervix are difficult to distinguish from atypical vessels. However, the absence of any acetowhite area helps to clinch the diagnosis.

Swede score	0	1	2
Aceto uptake	Nil or transparent	Thin, milky	Distinct, stearin
Margins	Nil or diffuse	Sharp but irregular, jagged, satellites	Sharp and even, difference in level
Vessels	Fine, regular	Absent	Coarse or atypical vessels
Lesion size	< 5 mm	5-15 mm or 2 quadrants	>15 mm, 3-4 quadrants, or endocervically undefined
Iodine uptake	Brown	Faintly or patchy yellow	Distinctly yellow

Provisional diagnosis:	Type 3 transformation zone; normal cervix with atrophic change.
Management:	No further screening is required.
Histopathology:	Not done.
Comment:	Blood vessels can have confusing patterns. The vessels seen over the anterior lip of the cervix are difficult to distinguish from atypical vessels. However, the absence of any acetowhite area helps to clinch the diagnosis.