Predictors of Absent High-grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN) in Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure Specimens of Patients with Colposcopic Directed Biopsy-Confirmed High-Grade CIN

Document Type : Research Articles

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1 Gynecologic Oncology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand.

2 Reproductive Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand.

3 Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pathumthani, Thailand.

Abstract

Objective: To determine predictors of having cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 1 or less in loop
electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) specimens of patients with colposcopic directed biopsy-confirmed CIN 2-3.
Methods: Two hundred and eighty patients with colposcopic directed biopsy-confirmed CIN 2-3 who subsequently
underwent LEEP were enrolled in the retrospective study. Related clinical data were collected to determine the predictors of
CIN 1 or less in LEEP specimens. Results: CIN 1 or less in LEEP specimens was found in 71 (25.4%) of 280 patients.
Multivariate logistic regression analyses demonstrated that nulliparity [OR (95% CI) = 3.375 (1.245-9.150)], low
grade Papanicolaou (Pap) results [OR (95% CI) = 6.410 (2.877-14.280)] and low grade colposcopic impression
[OR (95% CI) = 16.506 (5.844-46.632)] were significant risk factors of having CIN 1 or less in LEEP specimens. Neither
persistent nor recurrent CIN 2-3 was detected in 71 patients who had CIN 1 or less in LEEP specimens. However,
persistent or recurrent CIN 2-3 developed in 3 out of 209 (1.4%) patients with CIN 2-3 found in LEEP specimens.
Conclusion: Approximately 25% of patients with CIN 2-3 in colposcopic directed biopsy specimens had CIN 1 or less
found in LEEP specimens. Predicting factors of having CIN 1 or less in LEEP specimens were nulliparity, low grade
Pap results and low grade colposcopic impression.

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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Volume 20, Issue 3
March 2019
Pages 849-854

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  • Receive Date: 04 September 2018
  • Revise Date: 14 February 2019
  • Accept Date: 07 March 2019

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