Abstract

RIVAS-PERDOMO, Edgar E. Cervical biopsy: cases series. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.2, pp.260-269. ISSN 0120-5552.

Objetives: To make a description of the results of the pathological studies of cervical biopsies from patients treated at the University Hospital San Juan de Dios. Methodology: Study of cases series of cervical biopsies taken during three months of 2011. Results: 59 cases were selected. The average age of 46.017 years in a SD of 10.47 with a range between 18 and 69 years and 50% of the mean values were between 42 and 52 years. The most frequent pathology diagnosis reported was chronic cervicitis 32.2%, followed by low-grade SIL with 16.9% and 16.9% endocervical polyp, the high-grade SIL was at 8.5% of CA case was identified in 3 cases (5.1%). Conclusions: The elderly patients are more prone to perform Pap smears. The IELs are distributed in all age groups, and 6.8% were diagnosed with cancer.

Keywords : Intraepithelial Lesion; Cervical Biopsy; Cervicitis; Cervical Cancer.

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