[Endoscopic study methods in the diagnosis of the initial forms of cervical cancer in pregnant women]

The data are described, which were obtained in diagnosing the background processes, precancer conditions and preclinical cancer of the uterine cervix based on the examination of 64,000 pregnant women. The following technics have been employed: cytological, colposcopic methods and contact luminescent colpomicroscopy. The final diagnosis was based on the histological findings of the biopsy specimen or the removed cervical conus. The results obtained have shown the examination of curettings from the cervical surface in the uterine ostium region and from the cervical canal to be mandatory in all pregnant women. The complex examination is indicated in case of the cervical pathology, detected by a vaginal speculum or revealed cytologically.