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'''Loop electrosurgical excision procedure''', abbreviated '''LEEP''', is a gynecologic procedure to remove tissue from the [[uterine cervix]].<ref>URL: [http://www.webmd.com/cancer/cervical-cancer/loop-electrosurgical-excision-procedure-leep-for-abnormal-cervical-cell-changes http://www.webmd.com/cancer/cervical-cancer/loop-electrosurgical-excision-procedure-leep-for-abnormal-cervical-cell-changes]. Accessed on: | '''Loop electrosurgical excision procedure''', abbreviated '''LEEP''', is a gynecologic procedure to remove tissue from the [[uterine cervix]].<ref name=webmd>URL: [http://www.webmd.com/cancer/cervical-cancer/loop-electrosurgical-excision-procedure-leep-for-abnormal-cervical-cell-changes http://www.webmd.com/cancer/cervical-cancer/loop-electrosurgical-excision-procedure-leep-for-abnormal-cervical-cell-changes]. Accessed on: 20 March 2014.</ref> It is used to diagnose, stage and treat cervical neoplasia. | ||
== | It is also known as '''large loop excision of the transformation zone''', abbreviated '''LLETZ'''.<ref name=webmd>URL: [http://www.webmd.com/cancer/cervical-cancer/loop-electrosurgical-excision-procedure-leep-for-abnormal-cervical-cell-changes http://www.webmd.com/cancer/cervical-cancer/loop-electrosurgical-excision-procedure-leep-for-abnormal-cervical-cell-changes]. Accessed on: 20 March 2014.</ref><ref name=pmid22173237>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kenwright | first1 = D. | last2 = Braam | first2 = G. | last3 = Maharaj | first3 = D. | last4 = Langdana | first4 = F. | title = Multiple levels on LLETZ biopsies do not contribute to patient management. | journal = Pathology | volume = 44 | issue = 1 | pages = 7-10 | month = Jan | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/PAT.0b013e32834d7b5d | PMID = 22173237 }}</ref> | ||
#Review the biopsy that triggered the LEEP. | |||
LEEPs are often done together with an endocervical curettage, as the ECC adds significant amount of sensitivity for [[endocervical AIS]].<ref name=pmid9207802>{{Cite journal | last1 = Denehy | first1 = TR. | last2 = Gregori | first2 = CA. | last3 = Breen | first3 = JL. | title = Endocervical curettage, cone margins, and residual adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix. | journal = Obstet Gynecol | volume = 90 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-6 | month = Jul | year = 1997 | doi = 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00122-1 | PMID = 9207802 }}</ref> | |||
==Negative LEEP== | |||
===Definition=== | |||
*[[LSIL]] or [[NILM]], on a LEEP prompted by HSIL.<ref name=pmid23020732/> | |||
===Prevalence=== | |||
*Relatively common ~ 25% of cases in one larger series.<ref name=pmid23020732>{{Cite journal | last1 = Witt | first1 = BL. | last2 = Factor | first2 = RE. | last3 = Jarboe | first3 = EA. | last4 = Layfield | first4 = LJ. | title = Negative loop electrosurgical cone biopsy finding following a biopsy diagnosis of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion: frequency and clinical significance. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 136 | issue = 10 | pages = 1259-61 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.5858/arpa.2011-0494-OA | PMID = 23020732 }}</ref> | |||
===Work-up=== | |||
#Review the biopsy that triggered the LEEP - check whether it is HSIL. | |||
#Cut levels (x3) on all blocks. | #Cut levels (x3) on all blocks. | ||
#Flip all the blocks and cut levels (x3). | #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''. | #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 | ===Sign out=== | ||
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A. UTERINE CERVIX, LOOP ELECTROSURGICAL EXCISION PROCEDURE (LEEP): | A. UTERINE CERVIX, LOOP ELECTROSURGICAL EXCISION PROCEDURE (LEEP): | ||
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The previous pathology was partially reviewed, and I have no significant | The previous pathology was partially reviewed, and I have no significant | ||
disagreement with the findings. | disagreement with the findings. | ||
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====Not indicated==== | |||
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In the context of the preceding tests, no additional levels were cut on the LEEP specimen. | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia]]. | *[[Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia]]. | ||
*[[HSIL]]. | *[[High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion]] (HSIL). | ||
*[[Negative prostatectomy]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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