Effectiveness of 5-Fluorouracil in the treatment of vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia in a mexican population.

Objective: Our purpose was to determine the effectiveness of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in the treatment of vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VaIN) in a Mexican population.

Materials And Methods: The study was performed in 30 patients with a mean age of 54 years and previous diagnoses from reviewed records and histopathology slides selected from a group of 65 patients with VaIN from 1980 to 1997. Patients received intravaginal treatment with 5-FU, 1.

[Cytologic correlation between the Bethesda system and colposcopic biopsy].

Bethesda system is useful in the citologic diagnosis of premalign diseases of cervix. It was determined the correlation between citologic report using Bethesda system and combined colposcopic index (CCI) or Reid, to diagnose premalign diseases of cervix by histologic diagnostic of punch biopsy by colposcopy. A total of 118 patients come to the colposcopy clinic having smear anormal citology to cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), only o associated to HPV.