Colposcopy may include a biopsy of lesions with characteristics of malignancy and premalignancy, such as acetowhite changes, abnormal vascular patterns, and failure to uptake iodine stain.

Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they — and the boy — had been missing: iodine. A ...

In the setting of a forensic examination following rape, colposcopy allows practitioners to identify and photograph genital injury not readily visible to the unaided eye, thereby clarifying the ...

A lack of natural iodine in the soil and water, and an iodine-poor diet, led to the "characteristic neck swellings": enlarged thyroid glands. But after iodine supplements were shown to help ...