{"id":1701,"date":"2021-06-22T13:57:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T10:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/?page_id=1701"},"modified":"2021-07-13T14:07:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T11:07:22","slug":"colposcopy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/en\/colposcopy\/","title":{"rendered":"Colposcopy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1701\" class=\"elementor elementor-1701 elementor-1514\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be5a31b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be5a31b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-074ac0f\" data-id=\"074ac0f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e1199 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70e1199\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Introduction<\/strong><br><br>\nColposcopy is the method for the further diagnostic approach of patients with cervical pathology, which was diagnosed using PAP smear or HPV-DNA testing. Colposcope is a stereoscopic microscope, which can offer magnification even of \u00d740 folds <strong>(Figure 1).<\/strong> Thus, cervical, vaginal and vulvar lesion can be identified with precision. By colposcopy the physician has the opportunity to receive punch biopsies for further identification of the inferior genital tract pathology (vulva, vagina, cervix).\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d77efb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d77efb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ac3665 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ac3665\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa12450\" data-id=\"aa12450\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3277ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3277ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kolposkopisi1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1516\" alt=\"\u0394\u03b9\u03bf\u03c6\u03b8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc \u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5\u03bf\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc \u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03c0\u03bf\u03c3\u03ba\u03cc\u03c0\u03b9\u03bf\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kolposkopisi1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kolposkopisi1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure 1   Stereoscopic colposcope<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea3f1fc\" data-id=\"ea3f1fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96c56e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96c56e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Colposcopic technique<\/strong>\n<br><br>Acetic acid of 5%, iodine liquid (Lugol) are the solutions which are used to perform the colposcopy to identify cervical or other pathology of lower female genital tract. In addition, Monsel solution is a liquid which is required to stop spotting or even bleeding from the cervix or the vagina, after punch biopsies <strong>(Figure 2).<\/strong> Special equipment is necessary to perform punch biopsies or to recognize lesion of the endocervical canal. For patients with previous cervical and vaginal operation or patients during pregnancy who needs colposcopic evaluation, further experience is required <strong>(Figure 3).<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-05453ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05453ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-67cd681\" data-id=\"67cd681\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49fd7d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49fd7d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kolposkopisi2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1518\" alt=\"\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03bb\u03cd\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03bf\u03be\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd \u03bf\u03be\u03ad\u03c9\u03c2, Lugol \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 Monsel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kolposkopisi2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kolposkopisi2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kolposkopisi2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure 2   Acetic acid, Lugol and Monsel solutions <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e6eae7\" data-id=\"5e6eae7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84d71bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84d71bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kolposkopisi3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1520\" alt=\"\u0395\u03bd\u03b4\u03bf\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c7\u03b7\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03ad\u03b1\u03c2, \u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u03af\u03b4\u03b1 \u03b2\u03b9\u03bf\u03c8\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c7\u03ae\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03bd\u03b4\u03bf\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c7\u03b7\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc \u03be\u03ad\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kolposkopisi3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kolposkopisi3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kolposkopisi3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure 3   Endocervical speculum, forceps for punch biopsy and sharp curette for endocervical canal<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7afeb2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7afeb2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Classification\n<\/strong>\n<br><br>\nThe most popular colposcopic classification of the cervical lesion is Reid classification. By this, cervical lesion can be distinguished in low and high grade (LGSIL &#038; HGSIL). The former diagnosis must be confirmed by punch biopsies giving the final diagnosis of LGSIL, actually Cervical Intraepithelial Lesion 1 (CIN 1), or even HGSIL namely CIN 2 or CIN 3.  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9b5128 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a9b5128\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ff9f30 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ff9f30\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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KALOGIANNIDIS MD, PhD<\/h2>            <\/div>\n            <div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-165d3d22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\n<strong>Associate Professor<\/strong><br>\nObstetrics Gynecology &#8211;<br>\nGynecologic Oncology\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>        <div class=\"infobox-button\">\n            <a class=\"eael-infobox-button\" href=\"\/newsite\/en\/resume\/\">\n                                                <span class=\"infobox-button-text\">Resume<\/span>\n                            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3e4ef9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3e4ef9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SEE ALSO<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ecfca elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c7ecfca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2d1183 ekit-equal-height-disable elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-image-box\" data-id=\"e2d1183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\n            <div 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Most often high risk subtypes concerning the malignant diseases of the female genital tract are the types 16 and 18.                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                                <div class=\"elementskit-box-footer\">\n                    <div class=\"box-footer\">\n                        <div class=\"btn-wraper\">\n                                                            <a href=\"\/en\/hpv-dna-testing\/\" class=\"elementskit-btn whitespace--normal\">\n                                    Read More                                <\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb983a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6fb983a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52608da ekit-equal-height-disable elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-image-box\" data-id=\"52608da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\n            <div class=\"elementskit-info-image-box ekit-image-box text-center simple-card\" >\n\n                \n                <div class=\"elementskit-box-header image-box-img-center\">\n\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ikalogiannidis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/dummy-gynecologist3.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                <div class=\"elementskit-box-body ekit-image-box-body\">\n                    <div class=\"elementskit-box-content ekit-image-box-body-inner\">\n                                                <h3 class=\"elementskit-info-box-title\">\n\n                        Uterine Myomas\n                        \n                    <\/h3>\n                                                            <div class=\"elementskit-box-style-content\">\n                        The uterine leiomyomas or myomas are the more frequent benign tumors of the female genital system.                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                                <div class=\"elementskit-box-footer\">\n                    <div class=\"box-footer\">\n                        <div class=\"btn-wraper\">\n                                                            <a href=\"\/en\/uterine-myomas\/\" class=\"elementskit-btn whitespace--normal\">\n                                    Read More                                <\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Colposcopy is the method for the further diagnostic approach of patients with cervical pathology, which was diagnosed using PAP smear or HPV-DNA testing. 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