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Re: what's the likelihood of hidden abnormalities...?

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Sep 2002 19:07:15 -0500 (CDT)

Vicki

That sounds a little high. Be sure it is just lgsil by colpo and biopsy. New literature states that 2/3 of these will resolve over a 2 year period of time.

At Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Vicki wrote: >
>I was just wondering, if someone has a pap smear and it comes back as
>LGSIL, what is the likelihood that there might be an even worse
>abnormality (like HGSIL) underneath the surface? I've read that about
>25% of women have a worse abnormality hiding beneath the surface; but I
>just want to know if this happens to alot of women, or only a small
>number of women?

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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
Pregnancy and Birth Section
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.


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