What Is a Cervical Biopsy?

Cervical biopsy is a biopsy of the cervix, that is, a small or several pieces of tissue are taken from the cervix for pathological examination to determine the diagnosis. Mostly used for suspicious cervical cancer or suspicious cells of cervical smear. Cervical biopsy can confirm the diagnosis and determine the treatment method. Cervical biopsy is the most reliable basis for the diagnosis of cervical cancer. Whether it is early or advanced cervical cancer, this test must be passed to determine the pathological type of the cancer and the degree of cell differentiation.

Basic Information

English name

cervical biopsy

Visiting department

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Multiple groups

female

Common locations

cervix

Cervical biopsy

Cervical biopsy is simple. After disinfecting the vulva, vagina, and cervix, use a special biopsy forceps, according to the lesion site and requirements, take a few small pieces of tissue, fix them in 10% formalin solution, and send them to the pathology department for sectioning. After staining, Observe and analyze under a microscope, and then make a pathological diagnosis.

Cervical biopsy considerations

Cervical biopsy should pay attention to the following points:

1. 1 week before menstruation, menstrual period is best not to do to prevent bleeding.

2. Leucorrhea should be checked before surgery, and no vaginitis is confirmed before biopsy.

3. The site of the biopsy may be bleeding, so do not have sexual intercourse, vaginal lavage or sitz bath within 1 to 2 weeks after the examination. When vaginal bleeding is long, you should go to the hospital for treatment.

4. With colposcopy equipment, biopsy can be taken under colposcopy, which can improve the accuracy of diagnosis.

Indications for cervical biopsy

1. Increased vaginal discharge with a stench

When many women experience this symptom, they think it is vaginitis, but the treatment is not effective. Cervical cancer can also have the symptoms of increased leucorrhea and can be diagnosed by cervical biopsy.

2. Irregular vaginal bleeding

There are many causes of irregular vaginal bleeding, which cannot be excluded from cervical lesions. Women with long-term symptoms should be checked early to see if it is due to cancer.

3. Postmenopausal vaginal bleeding

Seen in elderly women, vaginal bleeding occurs after menopause. This is a very dangerous sign. You must go to the hospital for this phenomenon.

4. Contact bleeding (bleeding after sexual life and gynecological examination)

Although traumatic bleeding is not ruled out, it may also be caused by cervical cancer.

5. Long-term cure for cervical inflammation

Cervical erosion is often a physiological phenomenon (columnar epithelial displacement), but the appearance of early cervical cancer can also appear as erosion, which is identified by screening based on cervical cytology.

6. Gynecological examination found hard cervical texture

May be a manifestation of canceration.

7. Health Checkup

In the health examination, cervical smear cytology revealed cancer cells and suspicious cancer cells.