English translation of "zone aceta-blanche" - ""..there is no part of the transformation zone which turns white after the application of acetic acid"."

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195 months ago

Geea (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	zone aceta-blanche
Context:	Colposcopie : sans préparation col d’aspect normal,
Keywords:	... AA (acide acétique) : pas de zone aceta-blanche, lugol – pas de zone iod négative, jonction d’aspect normal // Frottis bactério

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195 months ago

Linda wrote:

acetowhite epithelium

My comment:

also used: acetowhite lesions or areas

My references:

Ref.:
MODERN COLPOSCOPY: TEXTBOOK AND ATLAS by Daron G. Ferris, p.254 ---
http://books.google.ca/books?id=opm4WMwP1mEC&pg=PA252&lpg=PA252&dq=acetowhite+colposcopy&source=bl&ots=ZuPF6tyJ2m&sig=fU2fBeJonpkNI5yIA0w0_S8OiZU&hl=en&ei=K7evS8_FOYL_8Aae3LyeAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAUQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=acetowhite%20colposcopy&f=false ===== and also:

http://screening.iarc.fr/colpoappendix4.php

195 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

"..there is no part of the transformation zone which turns white after the application of acetic acid".

My comment:

Google on the procedure of colposcopy and you will find out how the colposcopist goes about determining if there are any areas worth taking a biopsy from (your text goes on to refer to the iodine part of the procedure).

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