Loop electrosurgical excision procedure
Loop electrosurgical excision procedure, abbreviated LEEP, is a gynecologic procedure to remove tissue from the uterine cervix.[1] It is used to diagnose, stage and treat cervical neoplasia.
Negative LEEP
Definition
- LSIL or NILM, on a LEEP prompted by HSIL.[2]
Prevalence
- Relatively common ~ 25% of cases in one larger series.[2]
Work-up
- Review the biopsy that triggered the LEEP - check whether it is HSIL.
- Cut levels (x3) on all blocks.
- Flip all the blocks and cut levels (x3) on all the blocks.
- Do a p16 immunostain on the most suspicious block, if the triggering diagnosis was cannot exclude HSIL, HSIL or SCC.
- Sign out the thing as negative - see below.
Sign out
Negative LEEP
A. UTERINE CERVIX, LOOP ELECTROSURGICAL EXCISION PROCEDURE (LEEP): - ACUTE AND CHRONIC CERVICITIS. - BENIGN SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM, METAPLASTIC SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM, AND BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL GLANDS. - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY, SEE COMMENT. B. UTERINE ENDOCERVIX, CURETTAGE: - ENDOCERVICAL MUCOSA AND STRIPPED ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. - BENIGN SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM. - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA. COMMENT: Levels were cut (x3) on all blocks. The blocks were then flipped and an additional set of levels (x3) were cut on all blocks. A p16 immunostain was done on A1. It does not demonstrate high-grade dysplasia. The previous pathology was partially reviewed, and I have no significant disagreement with the findings.
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/cervical-cancer/loop-electrosurgical-excision-procedure-leep-for-abnormal-cervical-cell-changes. Accessed on: 13 August 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Witt, BL.; Factor, RE.; Jarboe, EA.; Layfield, LJ. (Oct 2012). "Negative loop electrosurgical cone biopsy finding following a biopsy diagnosis of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion: frequency and clinical significance.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 136 (10): 1259-61. doi:10.5858/arpa.2011-0494-OA. PMID 23020732.