Procedure of choice in a woman with 12 weeks pregnancy and atypical pap smear is :: (A) Cone biopsy, (B) MTP with cone biopsy, (C) Hysterectomy, (D) Colposcopy
Answer is D. If a cervical smear shows evidences of CIN, colposcopy is indicated. Sometimes colposcopic biopsies may be indicated but definitive treatment us postponed to 6 weeks after delivery. Refer page no 224 of Text book of obsteics,sheila balakrishnan,2 nd edition.