Discusses the term 'ASCUS,' used to define Papanicolau (Pap) smears containing squamous cells of abnormal appearance which do not meet the criteria for defined epithelial abnormalities. Diagnosis problems; Daunting task of gynecologists to avoid overdiagnosing and overtreating patients who have nothing...
PAP Smear Screening and Management of the Abnormal PAP Smear The following sections are included:Cervical Screening Singapore ProgrammeManagement of PAP SmearSimple Guidelines for Inflammatory PAP SmearSimple Guidelines for Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance (ASCUS) PAP SmearSimp... TC ...
Results of a randomized trial on the management of cytology interpretations of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003;188:1383–92. ASCUS-LSIL Triage Study (ALTS) Group. A randomized trial on the management of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion cytology...
Empiric Vaginal Metronidazole in the Management of the ASCUS Papanicolaou Smear OBJECTIVE: To determine whether empiric treatment with vaginal metronidazole in women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) on ... JP Connor,G Elam,JM Goldberg - 《Obstetrics & Gynecology》 被引...
And the HR-HPV positive rate of atypia squamous epithelial cells (ASCUS), Lower-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions (LSIL), and High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions (HSIL)+ was 40.52% (62/153), 54.76% (23/42), 72.73% (8/l), respectively, with a statistical difference (χ2=...
Pap staining. The cytology results were reported first using Papanicolaou Classification (Class I–V)16and also reported using Bethesda system classification categories, as follows: NILM, ASC-US, LSIL (low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion), ASC-H (atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude high-...
Cervicography functioned moderately well at detecting cervical cancer precursors in women with ASCUS and LSIL Pap smear results. A positive cervigram threshold of greater than or equal to atypical yielded the best sensitivity (79.3%) for detecting cancer precursors resulting in referral of approximately...
p16/ki-67 dual-stain cytology in the triage of ASCUS and LSIL Papanicolaou cytology and Ki-67 expression in cervical cytology samples, for identifying high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2+) in women with Papanicolaou (Pap) ... Dietmar,Schmidt,Christine,... - 《Cancer Cytopathology...
over the last several decades due to the utilization of the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening. With the more recent advent of the HPVvaccine and the increased use of HPV-based testing, either alone or with Pap cytology (co-testing) as primary screening approaches, even more reductions in CC...
Read on to learn about each of the possibilities so you can put your abnormal Pap smear results into perspective and make informed decisions about follow-up care. Hero Images / Getty Images ASCUS ASCUS stands foratypical squamous cells of undetermined significance. In other words, there aresquamou...