Burghardt’s Primary Care Colposcopy

Description:

Like the successful first edition, the great strength of this completely revised and updated second edition of Burghardt's Primary Care Colposcopy is its oversized, high-quality color colposcopic photographs. Novice and experienced examining practitioners will appreciate the utility of these diagnosticquality images in making confident assessments regarding the appearance of the cervix as seen in colposcopy. All requisite information for the successful implementation of this standard gynecologic procedure - histopathologic processes, fundamentals of colposcopic technique and examination, equipment, terminology, documentation, and standard guidelines - is encompassed in this concise and practical textbook and atlas.

Augmentations and highlights of the second revised and updated edition:

More than 350 oversized, high-quality color colposcopic photographs and technical illustrations - 20% of which are new to the second edition

Updated information on the central role of the human papillomavirus (HPV) in cervical cancer and the development of preventative HPV vaccines

Essential new chapters on colposcopy of the vulva, vagina, and perianal region and the common etiology of lesions at these sites

Cohesive concept, organization and presentation - produced and authored by a working team of three experts with decades of experience in gynecology and histopathology

Current international guidelines and updated nomenclature formulated by the International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC) with the International Society for the Study of Vulvar Disease (ISSVD) and the 2014 WHO Classification of Tumors of Female Reproductive Organs

Primary care practitioners, nurse practitioners, residents/fellows-in-training in gynecologic oncology programs, and gynecologists and obstetricians in practice will prize Burghardt's Primary Care Colposcopy as an indispensable partner in accessing colposcopic findings, in reaching the right differential diagnosis, and in achieving the best possible treatment outcomes with assurance and efficiency.

Table of Contents:

1 Human Papillomaviruses and Cervical Cancer

1.1 Etiology of Cervical Cancer

1.2 Natural History of Cervical Cancer

1.3 Morphogenesis of Cervical Cancer

1.4 HPV Vaccines

2 Role of Colposcopy

2.1 Routine Colposcopy

2.2 Colposcopy to Evaluate an Abnormal Pap Smear

2.3 Colposcopy to Evaluate Patients Positive for HPV or Other Biomarkers

2.4 Colposcopy to Evaluate Abnormal Cytologic Findings during Pregnancy

2.5 Colposcopy to Evaluate Lesions before Treatment

2.6 Colposcopy in Screen-and-Treat Approaches in Resource-Poor Settings

3 The Colposcope and the Colposcopic Examination

3.1 Colposcopic Instruments

3.2 Biopsy Instruments

3.3 The Colposcopic Examination

3.4 Therapeutic Implications of Abnormal Colposcopic Findings

4 Teaching and Training Colposcopy

4.1 Colposcopy Training in Europe

4.2 European Diploma in Colposcopy

5 Colposcopic Terminology

6 Colposcopic Findings

6.1 Normal Colposcopic Appearances

6.2 Abnormal Colposcopic Findings

6.3 Miscellaneous Colposcopic Findings

6.4 Assessment of Colposcopic Findings

6.5 Criteria for Differential Diagnosis

6.6 Combinations of Abnormalities

7 Colposcopy in Pregnancy

7.1 Effects of Pregnancy on Colposcopic Findings

7.2 Benign Changes in Pregnancy

7.3 Suspicious Changes

7.4 The Puerperium

7.5 Biopsy during Pregnancy

8 Colposcopy of the Vulva

8.1 Histology of the Vulva

8.2 Diagnostic Methods for Evaluating Vulvar Lesions

8.3 Vulvar Carcinogenesis

8.4 Preinvasive (Intraepithelial) Lesions

8.5 Nonneoplastic Conditions

9 Colposcopy of the Vagina

9.1 Histology

9.2 Vaginal Carcinogenesis

9.3 Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions

9.4 Diagnostic Methods for SIL

9.5 Histologic Terminology and Classification

9.6 Histomorphology of Vaginal SIL

9.7 Management of SIL

9.8 Vaginal Melanoma

10 Colposcopy of the Perianal Region

10.1 Anatomy and Histology

10.2 Anal Carcinogenesis

10.3 Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia

10.4 Diagnostic methods for AIN

10.5 Histologic Terminology and Classification

10.6 Management of AIN

Index