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Lauren Hook:

It was an abnormal PAP smear that's why he did it.

Narrator:

When the results of Lauren Hook's pap test came back abnormal, her gynecologist scheduled her for an additional test called Speculoscopy.

Dwight Im, M.D.:

What speculoscopy does is with a special light and with help of acidic acid or vinegar, it actually goes beyond the actual surface of the cervix.

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Speculoscopy uses an incandescent blue light called speculite. Once activated, it's attached to a speculum to help illuminate the cervix. With a special lens, the doctor is able to spot abnormal cells beneath the surface.

Dwight Im, M.D.:

You can see these abnormal cells that are not picked up with naked eyes and routine white light.

Narrator:

The maker of the test claims that combining routine pap smears with speculoscopy cuts the number of false-negatives in half.

Dwight Im, M.D.:

50 percent of the time it could be actually abnormal and it was never picked up.

Narrator:

So you might say, why do annual traditional pap tests?

Dwight Im, M.D.:

Because if you have three consecutive normal annual PAP smears, three in a row, then that 50 percent of false negativity goes down to 12.5 percent.

Narrator:

Doctor Im says combining speculoscopy with a traditional pap smear can only improve those odds.

Dwight Im, M.D.:

If a PAP smear's normal and Speculite is also normal, then you're pretty sure that it's gonna be a normal cervix.

Narrator:

Lauren's problem turned out to be nothing to worry about. But she'll be back next year just to be sure.

Lauren Hook:

If you get it tested every year and something shows up and they catch it, it's gone, they can get rid of it.

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For WebMD, I'm Sandee LaMotte.

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