Significance of negative cervical cytology and positive HPV in the diagnosis of cervical lesions by colposcopy

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the significance of colposcopy in diagnosing cervical lesions when negative cervical cytology is combined with positive human papillomavirus (HPV).

Keywords

• cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
• cytodiagnosis
• human papillomavirus infection