Re: Latin? Abbreviation, gynecological exam

[Guest guest]

Dear colleagues,

In the " Physical Exam " section of a discharge summary (the original is in

Bulgarian), I have a couple of abbreviations which, I believe, must come

from either Latin or English. Could someone help me figure what their

meaning is:

In the section :

PVCU (qualified as " hypertrophic, smooth " )

OECC (qualified as " transversal " )

The patient is a menopausal woman with endometrial carcinoma.

I would appreciate explanations in either English or French (or Bulgarian,

or Russian, in the Latin alphabet ;-).

Thanks in advance and best regards,

a Radoslavova, C.Tr. (Canada)

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for trying to help, Gilberto.

I did not have any context, just the few words accompanying the abbreviations.

However, I figured them out eventually, and here they are FYI:

PVCU = portio vaginalis cervicis uteri (vaginal portion of cervix)

OECC = ostium externum of the cervical canal (cervical os) - and obviously,

the qualifier is " slit "

Best regards,

a

At 09:00 AM 3/11/2003 +0100, you wrote:

>--------- From: a Radoslavova [11/03/03] ---------

>

>>In the section :

>>PVCU (qualified as " hypertrophic, smooth " )

>>OECC (qualified as " transversal " )

>

>

>Hi a!

>

>Could you provide the phrase(s) in which these acronyms appear? It would

>perhaps be easier to understand the meaning.

>

>Bye,

>Gilberto

>

>

>

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