Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Synonyms
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Grade III
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasm
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasms
Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Cervical
Intraepithelial Neoplasm, Cervical
Intraepithelial Neoplasms, Cervical
Neoplasia, Cervical Intraepithelial
Neoplasm, Cervical Intraepithelial
Neoplasms, Cervical Intraepithelial
A malignancy arising in uterine cervical epithelium and confined thereto, representing a continuum of histological changes ranging from well-differentiated CIN 1 (formerly, mild dysplasia) to severe dysplasia/carcinoma in situ, CIN 3. The lesion arises at the squamocolumnar cell junction at the transformation zone of the endocervical canal, with a variable tendency to develop invasive epidermoid carcinoma, a tendency that is enhanced by concomitant human papillomaviral infection. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
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