Agreement between colposcopic impression and histological diagnosis among human papillomavirus type 16‐positive women: a clinical trial using dynamic spectral imaging colposcopy

Afra Zaal, J.A. Louwers, Johannes Berkhof, Mariëlle Kocken, WA ter Harmsel, GCM Graziosi, JWM Spruijt, Costas Balas, Emmanouil Papagiannakis, PJF Snijders,

BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology · 2012 · 51 citations · 19 references

Abstract

The sensitivity of DSI colposcopy for CIN2(+) is higher in HPV16(+) than in non-16 hrHPV(+) women. Furthermore, regardless of HPV16 status, the sensitivity of DSI for CIN2(+) is higher than that of the colposcopist, probably because colposcopists tend to miss smaller cervical lesions.

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