Principles and Practice of Colposcopy

B Shakuntala Baliga MD FICOGFormer Professor and Visiting Senior Consultant and Chief of Colposcopy Services, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre of Narayana Health, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• 1. Introduction and Historical Survey2. Tissue Basis of Colposcopy3. Screening Tests for Cervical Cancer: An Update for the Gynecologist4. The Colposcopy Unit5. Colposcopic Terminology and Appearances of the Cervix6. Assessment and Interpretation of Abnormal Colposcopic Appearances of the Cervix7. Indications and Technique of Colposcopy of the Cervix8. Problems and Errors in Colposcopy9. Atlas of Colpophotographs: Normal Transformation Zone10. Atlas of Colpophotographs of Abnormal Transformation Zone: Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia11. Atlas of Colpophotographs of Abnormal Transformation Zone: Microinvasive and Invasive Cancer12. Atlas of Colpophotographs: Miscellaneous and Nonspecific Colposcopic Findings13. Colposcopy during Pregnancy14. Colposcopy of the Vagina15. Colposcopy of the Vulva16. Colposcopy of Human Papillomavirus Genital Lesions in Women17. Management of Women with Abnormal Primary Screening Test Results18. Biopsy-proven Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: Management Options19. Ablative and Excisional Treatments for Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia20. Problematic and Interesting Cases of Colposcopy21. Gray Areas in Colposcopy22. Immunostaining and Advances in Technology for Cervical Cancer Screening23. Reprocessing and Cleaning in the Colposcopy Clinic24. Quality Assurance in Colposcopy Services25.Colposcopy Training, Certific ation, and AccreditationAppendix 1: Syllabus for Training in ColposcopyAppendix 2: Colposcopy Training Program. Patient Log FormAppendix 3A: 5% Acetic Acid and Lugol’s IodineAppendix 3B: Monsel’s Paste and Glycerol StarchAppendix 4: Colposcopy Evaluation FormAppendix 5: Line Diagrams of Cervix439Appendix 6: Line Diagrams of VaginaAppendix 7: Line Diagrams of VulvaAppendix 8: The 2014 Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical CytologyAppendix 9: International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy: Colposcopic Terminology (2011)Appendix 10: Comprehensive Standards for Good Practice in ColposcopyAppendix 11: Cryosurgery RecordAppendix 12: LEEP/LLETZ RecordAppendix 13: Important Links