Cover of the book Colposcopia e Patologia del Tratto Genitale Inferiore
Frega A. - Gentili C. - Biamonti A. - Dexeus S.

Colposcopia e Patologia del Tratto Genitale Inferiore

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Large-format volume (21 × 28 cm), 456 pages, fully printed in colour.

This volume was conceived to fill a gap of more than a quarter of a century in the Italian scientific landscape. The editors aim to provide a comprehensive and systematic overview of lower genital tract pathology, addressing its complex structure through a scientifically rigorous approach while remaining usable by a broad readership, including non-specialists.

Although the book adopts a predominantly clinical perspective, it also offers an extensive discussion of the theoretical foundations that constitute the core body of colposcopy and the physiopathology of the lower genital tract. In line with modern educational standards, the publication is enriched with photographs, drawings and schematic illustrations, adopting an atlas-like format without losing the characteristics of a reference manual.

The volume consists of 49 chapters over 456 pages and was produced with the contribution of 63 authors of different nationalities, backgrounds and scientific training. Some were pioneers of colposcopy in Europe, the Americas and, more recently, in developing countries; others have revolutionised therapeutic techniques through continuous innovation and refinement.

The first part of the book is dedicated to colposcopy stricto sensu, from physiopathology to natural history of disease, diagnosis and current therapies; the second part focuses on vulvar and vaginal pathology.

ISBN: 978-88-7620-910-9 Category: Tag:

Additional information

edizione

Marzo 2015
autori

Frega A., Gentili C., Biamonti A., Dexeus S.
formato

21 x 28
pagine

456 pagine
informazioni extra

interamente stampato a colori

Description

SECTION I – History of Colposcopy

  1. History of colposcopy

SECTION II – Basic Principles

  1. Morphostructural and optical principles in the formation of the colposcopic image. Choosing the colposcope
  2. Colposcopic examination: instrumentation, technique, terminology and reporting. Indications and limitations of colposcopy
  3. Microcolpohysteroscopy

SECTION III – Colposcopic Classifications and Guidelines

  1. Classifications and evolution of colposcopic examination
  2. Grading and colposcopic index
  3. Colposcopy guidelines: an international perspective
  4. National guidelines and quality control

SECTION IV – Colposcopic Patterns and Histological Correlations

  1. The normal cervix: from embryology to menopause
  2. Infectious pathology and inflammatory patterns
  3. Colposcopic morphology of viral infections
  4. Preinvasive squamous lesions and adenocarcinoma in situ
  5. Miscellaneous

SECTION V – Diagnosis of Cervical Lesions

  1. Cytology
  2. Histopathological basis of the transformation zone and colposcopic correlations
  3. Biopsy
  4. VIA screening (Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid) and colposcopic triage
  5. Biomarkers

SECTION VI – Endocervix

  1. Glandular lesions
  2. Modern endocervicoscopy
  3. AIS and microinvasive adenocarcinoma

SECTION VII – Prevention of Cervical Cancer

  1. Cervical neoplasia: carcinogenesis and risk factors
  2. Counseling
  3. HPV vaccines and the role of colposcopy

SECTION VIII – Treatment Techniques

  1. Electrosurgery
  2. Laser therapy
  3. Cryotherapy
  4. Cold-knife cervical conization

SECTION IX – Treatment of CIN and Microcarcinoma

  1. Evolution in the treatment of CIN
  2. The concept of triage in the diagnosis and treatment of CIN
  3. Strategies in the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)
  4. Treatment of CIN in patients under 25 years of age
  5. CIN and pregnancy
  6. CIN and HIV
  7. Microinvasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix: diagnosis and treatment

SECTION X – Follow-up and Treatment of Recurrences

  1. Follow-up, risk factors and treatment of CIN recurrences
  2. Early and late complications

SECTION XI – Vaginal Pathology

  1. Infectious vaginal pathology
  2. Benign vaginal pathology
  3. Neoplastic vaginal pathology

SECTION XII – Vulvar Pathology

  1. Vulvar biopsy
  2. Inflammatory and infectious vulvar pathology
  3. Condylomatosis
  4. Vulvar dermatoses: lichen sclerosus, lichen ruber planus, lichen simplex chronicus
  5. VIN: etiology and diagnosis
  6. Treatment modalities for VIN
  7. Paget’s disease of the vulva
  8. Invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva: diagnosis, staging and principles of therapy

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