What are the normal colposcopic findings?
Your doctor must be able to:
- Find a smooth pink lustrous surface of the cervix and vagina during the primary inspection.
- visualize the transformation zone or (TZ) also called the (squamocolumnar junction ) suited near the external os between the cervix and vagina to its upper limit and into the endocervix for a cm or so because it is the most common site for finding cancer bearing cells in the cervix in almost 90%of the cases as it’s a place where metaplasia occurs frequently.
- Find normal subepithelial vascular pattern consisting of healthy looking vessels ending in smooth branching and no signs of bleeding on touch.
Patients with normal colposcopic findings are assured and asked to come back later after one year for annual screening to detect any problems early.
