Atlas of Colposcopy: Principles and Practice / Activity 6

Case

Inflammation and cervicitis / Inflammation
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Age: 52
HPV status: Negative

Speculum examination

After normal saline

After normal saline with green filter

After acetic acid

Examination with endocervical speculum

Colposcopy report (2011 IFCPC nomenclature):

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: Not possible (Iodine uptake missing)

Case Summary
Provisional diagnosis: Tuberculosis ulcer of cervix healed.
Management: Routine screening after 5 years.
Histopathology: Normal.
Comment: Tuberculosis of the cervix is rare and accounts for 0.1–0.6% of all cases of tuberculosis. Treatment with a four-drug regime for 6 months is highly effective. The cervix has been reported to regain normal appearance with 4 weeks of starting treatment. [Click here to see the colposcopy images before anti-TB treatment ].

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:	Tuberculosis ulcer of cervix healed.
Management:	Routine screening after 5 years.
Histopathology:	Normal.
Comment:	Tuberculosis of the cervix is rare and accounts for 0.1–0.6% of all cases of tuberculosis. Treatment with a four-drug regime for 6 months is highly effective. The cervix has been reported to regain normal appearance with 4 weeks of starting treatment. [Click here to see the colposcopy images before anti-TB treatment ].