Female sex workers (n = 140) were enrolled in a 6-month acceptability trial of the diaphragm. We randomized a subset (n = 40) to receive colposcopies after 1 month of diaphragm use or after 1 month of observation before commencing diaphragm use. Adverse events were mild in nature. Frequency of colposcopic findings did not differ between women randomized to immediate versus delayed diaphragm use...

AIM To determine the frequency of cervical cytologic abnormalities in patients who were diagnosed as having CIN 1 and had undergone either cryotherapy or expectant management. METHODS A retrospective medical record review of 87 patients with colposcopic cervical biopsy-proven CIN 1, was undertaken including age, parity, menstruation status, cervical cytology reports, colposcopic findings, and...

Introduction and objectives: The diagnosis of malignant and potentially malignant epithelial lesions of the oral mucosa cannot be based solely on clinical findings. Therefore, histologic evaluation of a representative biopsy specimen is necessary. However, the site for the biopsy is always a subjective choice that sometimes raises doubts about its representativeness. Colposcopy, a well-known gy...

PURPOSE Diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is currently based on the histological result of an aiming biopsy. This preliminary study investigated whether diagnostics for CIN can potentially be improved using semiautomatic colposcopic image analysis. METHODS 198 women with unremarkable or abnormal smears underwent colposcopy examinations. 375 regions of interest (ROIs) were ...

BACKGROUND It is widely known that infection by Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is the most common curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) among the young population.Chlamydial cervicitis has been suspected in the past to be a risk factor for squamous intraepithelial neoplasia (SIL) and cervical cancer on the basis of case-control comparisons of serological tests. METHODS A total of 110 women...

Textual annotations enhance visualizations and provide additional information such as object names or measures, e.g. volumes or distances. They are essential for surgery planning, in particular for documentation and collaborative discussions. For optimal use, it is crucial that the relation between visualized objects and related annotations is unambiguous and easily perceived. We describe a fra...