Colposcopy in pregnancy: directed brush cytology compared with cervical biopsy.
Lieberman R, Henry M, Laskin W, Walenga J, Buckner S, O'Connor D. Colposcopy in pregnancy: directed brush cytology compared with cervical biopsy. Obstetrics And Gynecology 1999, 94: 198-203. PMID: 10432127, DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(99)00283-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAlgorithmsBiopsyCarcinoma in SituCarcinoma, Squamous CellCervix UteriColposcopyFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsSensitivity and SpecificityConceptsSquamous intraepithelial lesionsBrush cytologyPregnant patientsAcetowhite lesionsHigh-grade squamous intraepithelial lesionsCervical intraepithelial neoplasia IIHuman papillomavirus effectAbnormal cervical cytologyAtypical squamous cellsIntrauterine fetal deathLess blood lossTime of biopsyAbsence of lesionsColposcopic evaluationBlood lossFetal deathIntraepithelial lesionsCervical biopsiesThird trimesterSquamous cellsCervical cytologyStudy groupUncertain causeBiopsyPatients