Table 1

2011 IFCPC clinical/colposcopic terminology of the vagina

General assessment	Adequate or inadequate for the reason (ie, inflammation, bleeding, scar) Transformation zone
Normal colposcopic findings	Squamous epithelium: Mature Atrophic
Abnormal colposcopic findings	General principles	Upper third/lower two-thirds, anterior/posterior/lateral (right or left)
	Grade 1 (minor)	Thin aceto-white epithelium, fine punctuation, fine mosaic
	Grade 2 (major)	Dense aceto-white epithelium, coarse punctuation, coarse mosaic
	Suspicious for invasion	Atypical vessels Additional signs: fragile vessels, irregular surface, exophytic lesion, necrosis, ulceration (necrotic), tumor/gross neoplasm
	Non-specific	Columnar epithelium (adenosis) lesion staining by Lugol’s solution (Schiller’s test): stained/non-stained, leukoplakia
Miscellaneous findings		Erosion (traumatic), condyloma, polyp, cyst, endometriosis, inflammation, vaginal stenosis, congenital transformation zone