Discrepancy between colposcopy, punch biopsy and final histology of cone specimen: a prospective study.
Stamatios PetousisPanagiotis ChristidisChrysoula Margioula-SiarkouNikolaos SparangisApostolos AthanasiadisIoannis KalogiannidisPublished in: Archives of gynecology and obstetrics (2018)
Punch biopsy and surgical specimen histology present the highest agreement between the different diagnostic procedures. Colposcopy presented satisfying PPV for HGSIL cases, but its NPV was poor. In contrary, punch biopsy was characterized by both satisfying PPV and NPV for HGSIL cases.
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