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COLPOSCOPIA [1 record]

Record 1 2015-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • The Genitals
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

A test which consists in painting the cervix with a dye in order to differentiate inflammatory lesions from possible precancerous lesions.

OBS

The test produces a brown color in normal/epithelial areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Organes génitaux
  • Cancers et oncologie
DEF

Test qui consiste à badigeonner le col de l'utérus au moyen d'un colorant afin de différencier les lésions inflammatoires d'éventuelles lésions précancéreuses.

OBS

Les zones épithéliales normales se colorent en brun.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Órganos genitales
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
DEF

Prueba que se utiliza para examinar las células de la vagina y del cuello del útero. En el procedimiento que se realiza durante una colposcopia, se aplica una solución de yodo al cuello del útero. Las células saludables se tornan color marrón y las células anormales se tornan blancas o amarillas.

OBS

Este procedimiento se emplea en el diagnóstico del cáncer de vagina y de cérvix.

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