Abstract

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide, and it is responsible for 275,000 deaths each year Aims and Objective: To Study role of colposcopy in detecting cervical cancerous lesions. Medical College and Hospital and Late Dr.Venkatrao Dawale Medical Foundation’s cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Ambajogai. 250 women attending the gynaecology OPD were studied, during the academic period June 2005 to December 2007. Patients undergone Papanicolu smear, Colposcopic examination cervix by 13 X -21X magnification. The statistical analysis was done by Chi –square calculated by SPSS 19 version. Result: Maximum No. of women (75%) belonged to age 21-40 years, Mean age was 36.9 years (SD ±9.44) (Range 20-70 years). correlation of cytological status with colposcopic diagnosis significant correlation (χ2 =8.06, p<0.05). Cytology was accurately corresponding with 80% of cytology was accurately corresponding with 80% of colposcopic diagnosis. colposcopic diagnosis with histopathological status showing significant correlation (χ2 =8.86,p<0.05), colposcopic diagnosis was accurately corresponding with 86.5% of histopathological lesions. Conclusion: It can be concluded from our study that the colposcopy was having significantly high accuracy in detecting the precancerous and cancerous lesions with respect to cytological and histopathological examination so, this method should be used wherever possible for the better management of patients.

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