Colposcopy in diagnosis of female genital condylomata acuminata

Objective: To study the value of colposcopy in the diagnosis of female genital condyloma acuminatum.Methods: One hundred and seventy-five cases of female genital condylomata acuminata were observed with colposcopy and the result was compared with that of pathological study.Results: The accuracy rate was 90.9% in diagnosis of condyloma acuminatum with colposcopy,while it was 86.9% in diagnosis of subclinical condyloma acuminatum.The misdiagnosis rate was 9.1%.The results were significantly different by the two methods (P<0.005).Conclusions: The colposcopy can be used for diagnosis of condyloma acuminatum with a high accuracy rate.But it has a high misdiagnosis rate for subclinical condyloma acuminafum.It may act as a traditional bolting technique,which should be corroborated with pathological study if necessary.