Colposcopic pictures in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade III

This study concerns 414 women affected by cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade III. In each case we have considered and compared the colposcopic examination and the cyto-histologic type of lesion. Ectopy and/or typical transformation prevail in atypical metaplasia. Leukoplakia has its highest incidence in severe dysplasia, is prominent in severe dysplasia and carcinoma in situ unless these two lesions are combined atypical metaplasia. The mosaic prevails in atypical metaplasia, but appears in a prominent form in carcinoma in situ only, whereas the punctation prevails in carcinoma in situ. When the suspect white areas appear in association their incidence in the various CIN III lesions they do not vary. The red suspect areas are rather infrequent, while the atypical transformation is absent in atypical metaplasia, fairly frequent in carcinoma in situ and prevails significantly in microinvasive carcinoma.