To make this easier to understand, here’s a breakdown of potential abnormal Pap smear results: The most common abnormal Pap smear result is ASCUS, according to ACOG. This stands for atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance. Squamous cells are naturally present on the surface of even...
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...
Papsmear results were documented by colposcopy and biopsy.#13; Results. The prevalence of abnormal smears in under coverage women is 0.05 percent. Results of abnormal papsmears due to more investigations (colposcopy and biopsy) were: Normal 25 percent, ASCUS 57 percent, CIN 14 percent, CIN 2 ...
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...
The Effect of Decision Aid on Satisfaction With Decision and Anxiety Among Women With Abnormal Cervical Screening Results MANAGEMENTBackgroundMost women in the face of stressful situations such as risk of a cancer diagnosis (abnormal Papanicolaou smear results) need guidance to... S Baharvand,M Asg...
or a reinfection. Third, this study only analyzed hr-HPV genotypes; therefore, not all hr-HPV genotypes were assessed. Finally, cytology results for HIV-uninfected subjects were reported only through a Pap smear and then translated to the Bethesda system using a previously reported relationship fo...
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...
The research grouping was according to cytological examination results.Results: Among 206 cases, HR-HPV was positive in 45.15% (93/206), and CIN II+ 15.53% (32/206). And the HR-HPV positive rate of atypia squamous epithelial cells (ASCUS), Lower-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions (LSIL...
HPV testing was performed using cobas4800 on the ThinPrep sample collected during the Pap smear screening with results reported in the EHR. HPV genotypes were reported as HPV type 16, HPV type 18, and pooled HPV other high-risk types (HR12): 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58,...
To evaluate abnormal Papanicolau smear results at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) for the past four years by comparing abnormal smear cytology with histologic interpretations. Possible causes of discrepant results were also determined.Methods. All Pap smears released as abnormal from January 2014 ...