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Preferred term

Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasms
  • Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Cervical
  • Neoplasia, Cervical Intraepithelial

In other languages

  • French

  • CIN (Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia)
  • Néoplasie cervicale intraépithéliale
  • Néoplasie intra-épithéliale cervicale
  • Néoplasie intra-épithéliale du col de l'utérus
  • Néoplasie intraépithéliale du col de l'utérus
  • NIC (Néoplasie intraépithéliale cervicale)

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