Fully revised and updated, Burghardts landmark text on colposcopy and cervical pathology once again sets a new standard in the field. It offers specialists complete instruction in colposcopic procedures, as well as the histopathologic background needed to reach an accurate diagnosis. From equipment and techniques, to detection of normal and abnormal findings, to differential diagnosis and therapeutic guidelines, this book is unrivalled in the literature. It is indispensable for all physicians who perform colposcopy in everyday practice. Special features of the fourth edition: More than 400 ov.

Preceded by Colposcopy-cervical pathology / Erich Burghardt, Hellmuth Pickel, Frank Girardi ; translated by and with the collaboration of Andrew G. Östör and Karl Tamussino. 3rd rev. and enl. ed. 1998.

History of colposcopy -- Role of colposcopy -- Human papillomaviruses and cervical cancer -- Histology and histopathology -- The colposcope and the colposcopic examination -- Teaching colposcopy -- Colposcopic terminology -- Colposcopic morphologys -- Colposcopy in pregnancy -- Colposcopic-histologic correlation -- Therapeutic implications of abnormal colposcopic findings -- Cervical conization : techniques and histologic processing of the specimen -- Colposcopy of the vulva -- Colposcopy of the vagina -- Colposcopy of the perianal region.