Atlas of Colposcopy: Principles and Practice / Activity 6

Case



Squamous metaplasia & ectropion / Metaplasia
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  • Age: 36
  • HPV status: Negative


  • After normal saline

    After normal saline with green filter

    After acetic acid

    After Lugol’s iodine

    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 transparentThin, milkyDistinct, stearin
    Margins
    Nil or diffuseSharp but irregular, jagged, satellitesSharp and even, difference in level
    Vessels
    Fine, regularAbsentCoarse or atypical vessels
    Lesion size
    < 5 mm5-15 mm or 2 quadrants>15 mm, 3-4 quadrants, or endocervically undefined
    Iodine uptake
    BrownFaintly or patchy yellowDistinctly yellow
    Final Swede score: 1



    Case Summary
    Provisional diagnosis: Type 1 transformation zone; normal.
    Management: Routine screening after 5 years.
    Histopathology: Not done.
    Comment: The columnar epithelium of ectropion has started to be covered by metaplastic epithelium. The outer boundary of the transformation zone can be delineated by the presence of the crypt openings and iodine-negative areas.