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==Colposcopic examination== | ==Colposcopic examination== | ||
*Performed by gynecologists. | *Performed by gynecologists. | ||
*Exam usually includes the application of acetic acid to help identify lesions for biopsy. | *Exam usually includes a search for ''acetowhite epithelium'' (AWE); this is accomplished by the application of acetic acid (to help identify lesions for biopsy). | ||
**[[cervical intraepithelial neoplasia|Neoplastic cervical lesions]] are typically white.<ref name=pmid23224202>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zonios | first1 = G. | title = Reflectance model for acetowhite epithelium. | journal = J Biomed Opt | volume = 17 | issue = 8 | pages = 87003-1 | month = Aug | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1117/1.JBO.17.8.087003 | PMID = 23224202 }}</ref> | **[[cervical intraepithelial neoplasia|Neoplastic cervical lesions]] are typically white.<ref name=pmid23224202>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zonios | first1 = G. | title = Reflectance model for acetowhite epithelium. | journal = J Biomed Opt | volume = 17 | issue = 8 | pages = 87003-1 | month = Aug | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1117/1.JBO.17.8.087003 | PMID = 23224202 }}</ref> | ||
**[[Squamous metaplasia of the uterine cervix|Squamous metaplasia]] is also white.<ref name=pmid19256708>{{Cite journal | last1 = Li | first1 = W. | last2 = Venkataraman | first2 = S. | last3 = Gustafsson | first3 = U. | last4 = Oyama | first4 = JC. | last5 = Ferris | first5 = DG. | last6 = Lieberman | first6 = RW. | title = Using acetowhite opacity index for detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. | journal = J Biomed Opt | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = 014020 | month = | year = | doi = 10.1117/1.3079810 | PMID = 19256708 }}</ref> | |||
==Cervical specimens== | ==Cervical specimens== | ||