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A 38-year-old woman ha vaginal spotting and goes to see a gynecologist. She has a history...

A 38-year-old woman ha vaginal spotting and goes to see a gynecologist. She has a history of cervical hyperplasia and is afraid she is having an exacerbation of the condition diagnosed is carcinoma in situ, but she is unsure of the cause. The patient says, I don’t understand what all of these words mean. How could this be explained to the patient in laymen terms?
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   * Educate the patient that cervix is a term used to indicate opening between your utreus

      and vagina.

   * In this cervix cells may grow abnormally due to virus infection caused by HPV(Human papilloma

     virus) and it is a sexually transmitted disease.

* Based on your history and clinical examination we think that cancer growth present on the surface

    of your cervix and not penetrated deeply into the tissues.

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