About The Medical Condition Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasm

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Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasm

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Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasm Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasm?

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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