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A 43-year-old female asked:

Since fall of 2011 i have had 4 abnormal pap smears and a colposcopy with a biopsy that came back as atypical benign. should i be worried?

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Dr. Timothy Raichle
Obstetrics and Gynecology 24 years experience
Need LEEP: If you have had abnormal paps, followed by a colposcopy, followed be persistent abnormal paps, then you need an excisional procedure on the cerix called a leep. There may be unidentified problems that should be addressed more definitively.
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