Objectives: To describe the establishment of a colposcopy service in a district hospital in a rural sub-district and to assess its impact on the uptake of colposcopy. Design: A retrospective double group cohort study using a laboratory database of cervical cytology results, clinical records and colposcopy clinic registers. Setting: The Overstrand sub-district in the Western Cape: 80 000 people served by 7 clinics and a district hospital in Hermanus, 120 km from its referral hospitals in Cape Town and Worcester. A colposcopy service was established at Hermanus Hospital in 2008. Subjects: All women in the Overstrand sub-district who required colposcopy on the basis of cervical smears done in 2007 and 2009. Outcome measures: The number of women booked for colposcopy at distant referral hospitals in 2007 and at the district hospital is 2009, the proportion of those women who attended colposcopy, the time from cervical smear to colposcopy, comparison between the two years. Results: The uptake of colposcopy booked for distant referral hospitals was 67% in 2007. The uptake improved by 18% to 79% for the local district hospital colposcopy service in 2009 (p=0.06). When analysed excluding patients from an area with no transport to the district hospital, the improvement was more marked at 22% (p=0.02). The delay from cervical smear to colposcopy improved significantly from 170 to 141 days (p=0.02). Conclusion: The establishment of a colposcopy service in a rural sub-district increased the uptake of colposcopy and decreased the delay from cervical smear to colposcopy. This district hospital colposcopy service removed 202 booked patients in one year from the colposcopy load of its referral hospitals.

Introduction: Colposcopy is a gynaecological invasive day procedure involving visualization of cervix for diagnostic and therapeutic purpose. Women who are waiting for this procedure often experience high anxiety. Several studies have demonstrated that adopting pre-colposcopy patient education strategy can relieve such psychological distress. In this translational research, a relevant evidence-based education guideline is formulated for a colposcopy clinic in a local public hospital. Objectives: The objectives of this translational research proposal include (1) extracting the current empirical evidence on the education intervention for minimizing the psychological distress among women waiting for their first colposcopy examination; (2) developing an educational protocol; (3) and developing a plan of intervention and evaluation for the proposed protocol. Methods: A literature search for studies dealing with patient education of women at risk of cervical cancer was performed in PubMed and PsycINFO. After data extraction from the identified studies, the methodology quality of the studies was appraised by the methodology checklist of Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) (2011). Then, an evidence-based protocol was formulated according to the recommendations drawn from the evidence. Before putting the protocol into practice, a systematic implementation potential assessment was done by evaluating the transferability of the findings, and the feasibility and cost-benefit ratio of the protocol. Both communication and evaluation plan were developed for a smooth implementation of the protocol. Results: 10 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the literature search and were used for developing an evidence-based protocol of pre-colposcopy patient education. After the assessment, distributing written and audio-visual education materials at patients’ first colposcopy appointment is concluded to be a feasible innovation in the target setting. Conclusion: Based on the extracted evidence from the systematical review, patient education strategy can potentially benefit the first-time colposcopy patient in the target setting to alleviate their anxiety during their wait for the examination. / published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwaters-rand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Med-icine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Johannesburg 2019 / Background and objectives Cervical cancer can be prevented by screening and treatment of cervical cancer precursor lesions. Women with an abnormal Pap smear are referred to colposcopy for diagnosis and are then treated immediately in many South African colposcopy clinics. Hence accurate colposcopic diagnosis is important. The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of diagnosing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia with either the Reid Colposcopic Index or the Swede score in HIV infected women. The components of the Reid colposcopic index are acetowhiteness, margins, vascular patterns and iodine staining. The Swede score has all the components of the Reid score with the addition of lesion size as a fifth compo-nent. Methods This was a secondary data analysis of the South African arm of the “HPV in Africa Research Partnership (HARP) study” comparing different screening tests in the prevention of cervical cancer in HIV infected women. Women were recruited from primary health care clinics and HIV treatment centres in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. All women had a Pap smear, Human papil-lomavirus testing, and visual inspection with lugol’s iodine and with acetic acid. All women with any positive screening test were referred to colposcopy. At colposcopy a four-quadrant biopsy and directed biopsies of any visible lesions were performed. The colposcopist rec-orded the colposcopy findings using the Swede score. For this study, the information from the Swede score was used to determine the Reid colposcopy index. Data was extracted from the HARP study database. Results A total of 624 women were eligible for the study in the South African arm, only 577 women were included for this study. The mean age was 34 years (SD±5.89). Antiretroviral therapy was used by 370 (64%) women. Abnormal Pap smears were found in 484 (88%) women, VIA was positive in 162 (28%), VILI was positive in 219 (37%) and HR HPV DNA was found in 374 (65%) women re-spectively. Histological findings showed that 263 (46%) of the women had no CIN, 185 (32%) had CIN 1, 76 (13%) had CIN 2 and 53 (9%) had CIN 3. The Swede score of 5 had a sensitivity of 72.9%, specificity of 71.9%, PPV of 42.7%and NPV of 90.2% respectively. A Reid score of 4 had a sensitivity of 72.9%, specificity of 69.4%, PPV of 40.7% and NPV of 89.9%. In comparison, the Area under the curve was higher for the Swede score compared to the Reid and this differ-ence was statistically significant. Conclusion This study shows that the Swede score when compared to the Reid score performs better in terms of accuracy for predicting CIN≥2 lesions. The addition of the lesion size has been shown to have an added advantage in the performance of the scoring. Both scores also demonstrated flexibility. There is a higher likelihood of HIV infected women to be referred for colposcopy as they have a higher incidence of cervical cancer precursor lesions. There was no difference in the performance of the Swede or Reid score by antecedent Pap smear and there was no difference in colposcopy findings on women with the presence of HR-HPV or no HR-HPV. / E.K. 2019

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Cervical cancer is a pathology that can be prevented through the diagnosis of pre-invasive alterations. These initial lesions can, in these periods, be submitted to some types of individualized treatments, avoiding the malignant neoplasia that, in general, it is invasive and lethal. The development of new methods for diagnosis is necessary. This work considers a way of images processing through tools of segmentation of digital colposcopy images. Morphological operators were applied to segment acetowhite and mosaic image data. The proposed methodology aimed at to assist in the identification of cervical pre-cancer lesions in relation the attributes of form, size, coloration, shading and edges that they can be easily accepted for different programs, being able to be used as plus a subsidy for the investigation and diagnosis of pathologies of the inferior genital region, assisting professionals of the health area that works in this speciality. The toolbox was developed using Mmorph for MatLab. / O câncer do colo do útero é uma patologia que pode ser prevenida quando em alterações pré-invasivas. Nesses estágios, as lesões iniciais podem ser submetidas a vários tipos de tratamentos individualizados, evitando-se o desenvolvimento da neoplasia maligna que, em geral, é invasiva e letal. O objetivo deste trabalho é atender à necessidade de implantação de novos métodos para facilitar o diagnóstico precoce do câncer do colo do útero. A metodologia proposta baseia-se no processamento de imagens, utilizando ferramentas de segmentação de imagens colposcópicas digitais para identificação de lesões precursoras do câncer, em relação a atributos de forma, tamanho, coloração, tonalidade e contornos que possam ser facilmente migradas para diferentes programas. O conjunto de ferramentas foi desenvolvido usando o Mmorph para o MatLab. Operadores morfológicos foram aplicados para segmentar os dados da imagem acetobranca e mosaico. Os resultados deste estudo deverão servir de subsídio para a investigação e diagnóstico de patologias do trato genital inferior, auxiliando profissionais da área da saúde que trabalham nesta especialidade.

Este estudo prospectivo foi delineado com o objetivo de avaliar os achados citológicos, colposcópicos e histológicos da infecção pelo papilomavírus humano em adolescentes e estabelecer a correlação entre o resultado da colpocitologia oncológica e os fatores de risco para a infecção pelo papilomavírus humano. O grupo foi constituído por 82 adolescentes entre 13 e 19 anos, acompanhadas no Ambulatório de Adolescentes e encaminhadas ao Setor de Patologia do Trato Genital Inferior e Colposcopia da Clínica Ginecológica do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. As pacientes foram submetidas a anamnese, coleta da colpocitologia oncológica, colposcopia e biópsia de colo uterino na presença de aspectos colposcópicos anormais. A média etária das pacientes foi de 17,7 anos, com desvio-padrão de 1,4 anos. A colpocitologia oncológica foi normal em 57% e alterada em 43%. Os achados citológicos anormais diagnosticados foram: lesão intra-epitelial escamosa de baixo grau em 38%, lesão intra-epitelial escamosa de alto grau em 4% e células escamosas atípicas de significado indeterminado em 1%. A colposcopia foi satisfatória em todos os casos. Os achados colposcópicos normais foram o epitélio pavimentoso original em 4%, epitélio cilíndrico em 18% e a zona de transformação normal em 28%. A zona de transformação anormal estava presente em 50% dos casos, sendo representada pelas alterações epiteliais em 52%, seguida das vasculares em 41% e mistas em 7%. O exame histológico do material de biópsia de colo uterino diagnosticou cervicite crônica em 33%, cervicite crônica associada à infecção pelo papilomavírus humano em 2,4%, neoplasia intra-epitelial cervical grau 1 em 11%, neoplasia intra-epitelial cervical grau 2 em 2,4% e neoplasia intra-epitelial cervical grau 3 em 1,2%. Quanto aos fatores de risco e sua associação com o resultado da colpocitologia oncológica, a análise univariada dos parâmetros idade, menarca, início da atividade sexual, intervalo entre menarca e primeira relação sexual, número de parceiros, tabagismo e método contraceptivo não apresentou diferença estatisticamente significante. A análise conjunta das variáveis independentes através do método de regressão logística identificou os parâmetros idade, menarca e método contraceptivo como fatores relevantes. O aumento em um ano na idade da adolescente diminui a probabilidade (30%) de alteração no resultado citológico. O atraso em um ano na menarca reduz a probabilidade (35%) de colpocitologia oncológica alterada. A utilização de método anticoncepcional hormonal (anticoncepcional oral ou injetável) aumenta a probabilidade de alteração citológica / This prospective study was designed to evaluate the cytologic, colposcopic and histologic findings related to human papillomavirus infections in adolescents and to correlate cytologic reports with risk factors. The study sample consisted of 82 adolescents from 13 to 19 years of age, who were examined in a hospital-based adolescent clinic and referred to Inferior Genital Tract Disease and Colposcopy Unit in the Gynecologic Department - Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Every adolescent answered a questionnaire administered by the physician and afterwards underwent cytologic and colposcopic examination followed by cervical biopsy when colposcopic abnormalities were found. Participant mean age was 17.7 years old and the standard-deviation was 1.4 years. Normal patterns of cytologic findings were present in 57% of the cases. Abnormalities were found in 43%. Abnormal cytologic findings were placed as follows: low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion in 38%, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion in 4% and atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance in 1%. All colposcopic examination were satisfactory. Normal colposcopic appearance was represented by original squamous epithelium in 4%, columnar epithelium in 18% and transformation zone in 28%. Abnormal colposcopic findings corresponded to 50% of the cases, distributed in epithelial abnormalities in 52%, followed by vascular pattern in 41% and both (epithelial and vascular pattern) in 7%. Histological exam of cervical biopsy specimen revelead chronic cervicitis in 33%, chronic cervicites associated with human papillomavirus infection in 2.4%, cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia grade 1 in 11%, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 in 2.4% and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 in 1.2%. Univariate analysis was used to correlate the concerning risk factors such as age, menarche, sexual activity onset, interval between menarche and first sexual intercourse, number of sexual partners, smoking and contraceptive method, and cytologic results and no statistically significant correlation was found. Logistic regression modelling was used to determine variables associated with abnormal cytology and pointed up age, menarche and hormonal contraceptive method as relevant factors. Aging one year decreases the probability (30%) of abnormal cytology, as well as, delay in one year in menarche results in reduction (35%) of abnormal cervical cytology. Hormonal contraceptive methods (oral contraceptives and injection) increase the probability of cytologic abnormalities

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Este estudo prospectivo foi delineado com o objetivo de avaliar os achados citológicos, colposcópicos e histológicos da infecção pelo papilomavírus humano em adolescentes e estabelecer a correlação entre o resultado da colpocitologia oncológica e os fatores de risco para a infecção pelo papilomavírus humano. O grupo foi constituído por 82 adolescentes entre 13 e 19 anos, acompanhadas no Ambulatório de Adolescentes e encaminhadas ao Setor de Patologia do Trato Genital Inferior e Colposcopia da Clínica Ginecológica do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. As pacientes foram submetidas a anamnese, coleta da colpocitologia oncológica, colposcopia e biópsia de colo uterino na presença de aspectos colposcópicos anormais. A média etária das pacientes foi de 17,7 anos, com desvio-padrão de 1,4 anos. A colpocitologia oncológica foi normal em 57% e alterada em 43%. Os achados citológicos anormais diagnosticados foram: lesão intra-epitelial escamosa de baixo grau em 38%, lesão intra-epitelial escamosa de alto grau em 4% e células escamosas atípicas de significado indeterminado em 1%. A colposcopia foi satisfatória em todos os casos. Os achados colposcópicos normais foram o epitélio pavimentoso original em 4%, epitélio cilíndrico em 18% e a zona de transformação normal em 28%. A zona de transformação anormal estava presente em 50% dos casos, sendo representada pelas alterações epiteliais em 52%, seguida das vasculares em 41% e mistas em 7%. O exame histológico do material de biópsia de colo uterino diagnosticou cervicite crônica em 33%, cervicite crônica associada à infecção pelo papilomavírus humano em 2,4%, neoplasia intra-epitelial cervical grau 1 em 11%, neoplasia intra-epitelial cervical grau 2 em 2,4% e neoplasia intra-epitelial cervical grau 3 em 1,2%. Quanto aos fatores de risco e sua associação com o resultado da colpocitologia oncológica, a análise univariada dos parâmetros idade, menarca, início da atividade sexual, intervalo entre menarca e primeira relação sexual, número de parceiros, tabagismo e método contraceptivo não apresentou diferença estatisticamente significante. A análise conjunta das variáveis independentes através do método de regressão logística identificou os parâmetros idade, menarca e método contraceptivo como fatores relevantes. O aumento em um ano na idade da adolescente diminui a probabilidade (30%) de alteração no resultado citológico. O atraso em um ano na menarca reduz a probabilidade (35%) de colpocitologia oncológica alterada. A utilização de método anticoncepcional hormonal (anticoncepcional oral ou injetável) aumenta a probabilidade de alteração citológica / This prospective study was designed to evaluate the cytologic, colposcopic and histologic findings related to human papillomavirus infections in adolescents and to correlate cytologic reports with risk factors. The study sample consisted of 82 adolescents from 13 to 19 years of age, who were examined in a hospital-based adolescent clinic and referred to Inferior Genital Tract Disease and Colposcopy Unit in the Gynecologic Department - Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Every adolescent answered a questionnaire administered by the physician and afterwards underwent cytologic and colposcopic examination followed by cervical biopsy when colposcopic abnormalities were found. Participant mean age was 17.7 years old and the standard-deviation was 1.4 years. Normal patterns of cytologic findings were present in 57% of the cases. Abnormalities were found in 43%. Abnormal cytologic findings were placed as follows: low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion in 38%, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion in 4% and atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance in 1%. All colposcopic examination were satisfactory. Normal colposcopic appearance was represented by original squamous epithelium in 4%, columnar epithelium in 18% and transformation zone in 28%. Abnormal colposcopic findings corresponded to 50% of the cases, distributed in epithelial abnormalities in 52%, followed by vascular pattern in 41% and both (epithelial and vascular pattern) in 7%. Histological exam of cervical biopsy specimen revelead chronic cervicitis in 33%, chronic cervicites associated with human papillomavirus infection in 2.4%, cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia grade 1 in 11%, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 in 2.4% and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 in 1.2%. Univariate analysis was used to correlate the concerning risk factors such as age, menarche, sexual activity onset, interval between menarche and first sexual intercourse, number of sexual partners, smoking and contraceptive method, and cytologic results and no statistically significant correlation was found. Logistic regression modelling was used to determine variables associated with abnormal cytology and pointed up age, menarche and hormonal contraceptive method as relevant factors. Aging one year decreases the probability (30%) of abnormal cytology, as well as, delay in one year in menarche results in reduction (35%) of abnormal cervical cytology. Hormonal contraceptive methods (oral contraceptives and injection) increase the probability of cytologic abnormalities

Orientador: Luiz Carlos Zeferino / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T18:05:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Souza_CarlosAndreSchelerde_M.pdf: 262283 bytes, checksum: b4d28afb55af4cda2a72bdaf7b772251 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Atualmente, o manejo preconizado para a neoplasia intra-epitelial cervical grau 1 (NIC1) é expectante. No entanto, a biópsia colpodirigida com este resultado nem sempre representa a totalidade da lesão presente na avaliação inicial, momento em que será decidida a conduta, pois os métodos propedêuticos utilizados rotineiramente podem deixar de diagnosticar lesões de maior grau. A probabilidade de falhas nesta avaliação pode estar relacionada à idade, tabagismo ou achados colposcópicos. Objetivo: Avaliar fatores associados a possíveis falhas da biópsia colpodirigida em mulheres portadoras de LIE-BG no rastreamento do colo do útero. Sujeitos e Métodos: este estudo envolveu mulheres referenciadas em um ambulatório no Centro de Atenção Integral à Saúde da Mulher da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, de janeiro de 2003 a março de 2006, sendo desenvolvidos dois trabalhos. O primeiro analisou o diagnóstico histológico inicial por grupo etário de mulheres com citologia oncológica de rastreamento mostrando lesão intra-epitelial de baixo grau. O segundo analisou a prevalência de NIC 2 ou lesões mais graves em mulheres submetidas à cone do colo uterino, com diagnóstico histológico prévio de NIC 1 obtido por biópsia dirigida por colposcopia. Resultados: Foram analisadas 825 mulheres no primeiro artigo. Destas, 10% (82) apresentaram resultado histológico do tipo NIC 2 ou de maior gravidade, mas a freqüência deste resultado não variou com o aumento da idade. Outras 256 (31%) não foram submetidas à biópsia por não apresentarem lesão suspeita, sendo que a freqüência destas mulheres tendeu a aumentar com a idade. No segundo artigo, a prevalência de 19% de resultados NIC 2 ou de maior gravidade foi obtida na análise histológica do cone de colo uterino. No entanto, este achado não se associou com idade, hábito de fumar ou tamanho da lesão colposcópica. Conclusão: A maioria das mulheres com LIE-BG não apresentou lesões mais graves do que NIC 1 na avaliação inicial, embora tenha existido uma prevalência relevante de resultados histológicos NIC 2 e NIC 3, considerando-se os dois estudos realizados. Esta prevalência não foi maior nas mulheres com idade mais avançada, podendo a conduta expectante ser adotada neste grupo etário. Também não houve associação entre hábito de fumar, achados colposcópicos e presença de NIC 2 ou NIC 3 em mulheres com biópsia prévia indicando NIC 1. Assim, o principal fato a ser considerado para a adoção da conduta expectante é a garantia de que haverá adesão ao seguimento. Caso contrário, recomenda-se encaminhar imediatamente para avaliação colposcópica / Abstract: Currently, the recommended management for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 1 (CIN 1) is conservative. However, the histological diagnosis defined by colposcopy-guided biopsy could not represent all the lesions that exist at the time of initial evaluation, because the usual diagnostic methods would not detect higher-grade lesions. Age, smoking and colposcopic findings could be related to fails of this initial evaluation. Objectives: to evaluate associated factors to failures on diagnoses defined by colposcopy-guided biopsy in women with lowgrade squamous lesions (LSIL). Subjects and Methods: this study analyzed 825 women evaluated from January 2003 to March 2006 in the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. As result, two papers were made. The first analyzed the histological diagnosis of women with LSIL by age. The second analyzed the prevalence of CIN2 or more severe lesion at the LEEP in women previously diagnosed as CIN 1 by colposcopy-guided biopsy. Results: In the first paper, 10% of the women had CIN 2 or more severe lesion, but this result had not associated with age. In the other paper, a 19% prevalence of CIN 2 was found at the histological analysis of the LEEP. However, this finding did not had associated with age, smoking or colposcopic findings. Conclusion: The majority of the analyzed women with LSIL did not have higher-grade lesion at initial evaluation, yet the prevalence of CIN 2 or CIN 3 was relevant. This prevalence had not increased with age. Either, there was not association between smoking, colposcopic findings and CIN 2 or CIN 3 diagnosis in women with CIN 1 previously diagnosed. So, the most important fact to be considered for adoption of conservative management is to guarantee adhesion for follow-up. If this is not possible, reference to colposcopy is recommended / Mestrado / Tocoginecologia / Mestre em Tocoginecologia

RESUMO Objetivos: identificar e correlacionar os achados epidemiolÃgicos, citolÃgicos, colposcÃpicos e histopatolÃgicos de um grupo de adolescentes com um grupo de mulheres adultas com suspeita de patologia cervical. Pacientes e mÃtodos: o estudo foi desenvolvido no perÃodo de janeiro de 2004 a setembro de 2006 na Maternidade Escola Assis Chateaubriand da Universidade Federal do CearÃ, Fortaleza-CearÃ. O desenho do estudo foi de caso-controle com um grupo de 104 adolescentes atà 19 anos e um grupo controle de 155 mulheres adultas com idade maior que 24 anos, ambos os grupos formados por pacientes que foram encaminhadas aos ambulatÃrios de patologia cervical por suspeita de lesÃo cervical. Todas as pacientes do estudo foram atendidas com preenchimento do formulÃrio padrÃo de atendimento dos ambulatÃrios de patologia cervical da MEAC com realizaÃÃo de colposcopia em todas as pacientes e biÃpsia quando necessÃrio. A partir dos dados coletados foram elaboradas planilhas no programa Microsoft Excel das quais foram elaboradas tabelas com anÃlise feita de forma descritiva e estudos estatÃsticos (teste exato de Fisher e teste de Mann-Whitney). Resultados: o uso de preservativo foi relatado por 32,5% das adolescentes que faziam uso de contracepÃÃo e 11,7% das adultas. A idade mÃdia da menarca no grupo de adolescentes foi de 11,93 e no grupo das adultas foi de 12,57. Quanto ao inÃcio da atividade sexual, as adolescentes tiveram a idade mÃdia de iniciaÃÃo sexual de 14,5 anos e as adultas de 18,5 anos. O resultado de HSIL na citologia foi observado em 10,7% do total de resultados de mulheres adultas e em nenhuma adolescente. A presenÃa de alteraÃÃes maiores ocorreu em 2,7% das colposcopias positivas das adolescentes e em 15,5% das adultas. Na comparaÃÃo da localizaÃÃo da JunÃÃo escamo-colunar entre os grupos se observa que as adolescentes tÃm em sua maioria a JEC localizada para fora do orifÃcio externo do colo uterino, num total de 77,2% dos casos e nas adultas a JEC teve essa localizaÃÃo em 38% dos casos. Em nenhum caso nas adolescentes a JEC se localizou dentro do canal, ocorrendo essa localizaÃÃo em 7,3% das adultas. Os casos com resultado histopatolÃgico de carcinoma foram trÃs, sendo todos no grupo das adultas, sendo uma com citologia normal com inflamatÃrio acentuado, uma com ASCUS e uma HSIL, quanto a colposcopia esses casos tiveram resultado de alteraÃÃes maiores (um caso) e miscelÃnea (dois casos). Todos os casos de alteraÃÃes maiores nas colposcopias que em sua maioria ocorreram no grupo das adultas tiveram histopatolÃgico positivo nos dois grupos. ConclusÃo: houve diferenÃa estatisticamente significativa entre os grupos em vÃrios aspectos, como o uso do preservativo que ocorreu mais no grupo das adolescentes, a idade mÃdia da menarca que foi menor no grupo das adolescentes, a presenÃa de HSIL na citologia que nÃo ocorreu no grupo das adolescentes, quanto a localizaÃÃo da JEC que na maioria das adolescentes ocorreu para fora do orifÃcio externo do colo uterino e a presenÃa de alteraÃÃes maiores na colposcopia que ocorreu mais no grupo das adultas. NÃo ocorreram casos de HSIL nas citologias das adolescentes, mas ocorreram dois casos de NIC 2/NIC trÃs no histopatolÃgico que foram subestimados pela citologia. A citologia subestimou todos os casos de carcinoma, sendo sua ocorrÃncia no grupo das adultas. / ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify and to correlate the epidemiological, cytological, colposcopic and histopathological findings from a group of adolescents with a group of adult women under suspicion of cervical pathology. Patients and methods: the study was developed from January 2004 to September 2006 at âMaternidade Escola Assis Chateaubriandâ (Assis Chateaubriand Maternity School Hospital) from the âUniversidade Federal do CearÃâ (Ceara Federal University), in Fortaleza â Ceara. The study was a case-control design that used subjects from a group of 104 adolescents younger than 19 years old and a control group of 155 adult women older than 24 years old, both groups were formed by patients who were referred to cervical pathology clinics under suspicion of cervical lesion. All the patients from the study had to fill in the standard treatment form from the cervical pathology clinics from the MEAC. It was done colposcopy in all the patients and biopsy when necessary. Spreadsheets in the Microsoft Excel were created with the data collected. The spreadsheets were developed with descriptive analysis and statistical study (Fisherâs exact test and Mann-Whitneyâs test). Results: condom use was reported by 32.5% of the adolescents who were using contraception and 11.7% of the adults. The mean age of menarche in the group of adolescents was 11.93 and in the group of adults was 12.57. The mean age at first sexual intercourse among the adolescents was 14.5 and among the adults was 18.5. The result of HSIL in the cytology was observed in 10.7 % of the adult women group and none in the adolescents. The presence of major changes occurred in 2.7% of the positive colposcopy of the adolescents and in 15.5% of the adults. Comparing the location of the squamocolumnar junction among the groups, it is observed in the adolescents group that the majority has it outside the external orifice of the cervix, in a total of 77.2% of the cases and in the adults group it had this location in 38% of the cases. In none of the cases among the adolescents the squamocolumnar junction was located inside the canal and among the adults in 7.3% of the cases it had this location. There were 3 cases with the histopathological result of carcinoma, all of them in the adults group, one of them with normal cytology with severe inflammatory process, one with ASCUS and one with HSIL. In relation of colposcopy, one case had major changes and in the other two cases the results were miscellaneous findings. In all the cases of major changes in the colposcopies which in the majority happened in the adults group had positive histopathological results in both groups. Conclusion: there were significant statistic differences among the groups in various aspects. As for the use of condom, it happened more often in the adolescents group. The mean age of menarche was lower in the adolescents group. The presence of HSIL in the cytology did not happen in the adolescents group. As for the location of the squamocolumnar junction, in the majority of the adolescents was outside the external orifice of the cervix. The presence of major changes in the colposcopy happened more in the group of adults. It did not happen cases of HSIL in the cytology of the adolescents but it happened two cases of NIC 2/NIC 3 in the histopathology, which were underestimated by the cytology. The cytology underestimated all the cases of carcinoma, which happened only in the adults group.