Explanation and Use of the Rio 2011 Colposcopy Nomenclature of the IFCPC (International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy): Comments on the general colposcopic assessment of the uterine cervix: adequate/inadequate; squamocolumnar junction; transformation zone.

ABSTRACT: In July 2012 the IFCPC adopted a revised terminology for colposcopic examinations of the uterine cervix. In 2012, the Boards of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kolposkopie (AGK - Austrian Society of Colposcopy), the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kolposkopie und Zervixpathologie (AGKOL - Swiss Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kolposkopie und Zervixpathologie (AGCPC - German Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology) accepted the validity of the 2011 IFCPC nomenclature and recommended its use in general clinical practice across German-speaking countries. The revised nomenclature was devised so that examiners can evaluate colposcopic criteria according to a specific scheme. At the start of the examination, the examiner must assess whether

SUBMITTER: Quaas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4275313 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature