CORRELATION OF SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, COLPOSCOPY AND HISTOLOGY IN 50 PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ABNORMAL CERVICAL CYTOLOGY

Abstract

Summary A comparison was made between colposcopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and histology in 50 asymptomatic patients presenting with abnormal cervical cytology. Colposcopy was very accurate in predicting epithelial abnormalities. Using already established criteria, the SEM changes of carcinoma in situ were found to be reliable and reproducible and it was also found possible to predict whether or not invasion of the basement membrane had taken place.