Speculoscopy

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Speculoscopy is a procedure in which a special blue-white light (Speculite) is used to examine the cervix for cancerous or pre-cancerous lesions.

Acetic acid is applied to the cervix, it is let sit for 60 seconds, then the cervix is examined with 4-6x magnification. The light is generated by a chemiluminescent light stick, which is attached to the inner side of the upper blade of the vaginal speculum by an adhesive strip. The test can be used to complement a pap smear in screening of cervical cancer. A negative speculoscopy, along with a negative pap smear provides greater assurance of absence of disease.^{[citation needed]}

It was developed in 1988.^[1] It was FDA approved as an add-on to Pap smear screening in 1995.^[1]

At this time there is no CPT/HCPCS code for this and most medical insurance companies do not cover this procedure.

Light strip provides light for 15–20 minutes.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Press release: New screening exam, used with Pap smear, improves cervical screening.

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Related
diseases

Cancers	Cervical cancer cancers Anal Vaginal Vulvar Penile Head and neck cancer (HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer)

Warts	genital plantar flat Laryngeal papillomatosis Epidermodysplasia verruciformis Focal epithelial hyperplasia Papilloma

Vaccine

HPV vaccine
- Cervarix
- Gardasil

Screening

Pap test:
- stain
Bethesda system
- Cytopathology
- Cytotechnology
Experimental techniques:
- Speculoscopy
- Cervicography

Colposcopy

Biopsy histology	Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) Koilocyte Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VAIN) Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN)

Treatment	Cervical conization Loop electrical excision procedure (LEEP)

History

M: VIR

virs(prot)/clss

cutn/syst (hppv/hiva, infl/zost/zoon)/epon

drug (dnaa, rnaa, rtva, vacc)

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