Those who test positive for high-risk types of HPV should be referred for colposcopy, and those with a negative test result may resume regular Pap testing in 12 months. If HPV testing is unavailable, an alternative strategy is to repeat the Pap smear at four- to six-month intervals....
A pap smear that has atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) and human papillovirus (HPV) listed on it generally means that the patient has ASCUS on her cervix; however, HPV is suspected as the cause for the atypical cell appearance. Whenever HPV is present, ASCUS is a...
It could come back as a real mild reading saying atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance, meaning they don’t really know how severe that is. It’s called ascus and that’s the most mild, abnormal reading, and then the moderate abnormal reading is what’s called low S...
Cytologic Predictors of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Women with an ASCUS Pap Smear OBJECTIVE: To identify cytologic parameters on Pap smears of women with an atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) diagnosis that coul... C Morin,I Bairati,C Bouchard,... - 《Acta Cyto...
There are several other Pap smear diagnoses. These include ASC-H, atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude HSIL. As with ASCUS, the meaning of ASC-H is unclear. However, cells diagnosed as ASC-H are more likely to be problematic than those diagnosed as ASCUS.3 ...
which can eventually lead to cervical cancer. When ASCUS is detected on a pap smear, some doctors will perform another pap test in six months. Other doctors will test for a high-risk strain of HPV. HPV types 16, 18, 6, and 11 are considered to be high-risk strains that can eventually...
What is ASCUS? What Should I Know About Pregnancy After a LEEP Procedure? Discussion Comments Byanon85112— On May 18, 2010 I have just got home from seeing my doctor after having my regular pap smear.The doctor noted after she took a sample that it was brown colored, and she said that...
Two-thirds of the more than 5,000 women in the trial had ASCUS cytology based on an initial Pap smear; the remaining third had LSIL. HPV Screening Bests Pap for Triaging ASCUS Biro and his associates conducted a retrospective chart review of 97 patients with abnormal Pap smear results. Give...
We may be at a tipping point where the iconic Pap smear is largely replaced by HPV testing for cervical cancer screening The cytological diagnosis from the 325 sexually active women (average age 37 years; range 14-79 years), included 313 (96.3%) women with NILM and 11 (3.4%) with some...
What is the utility of repeat HPV testing on ASCUS/LSIL cases followed with repeat Pap tests? 来自 ResearchGate 喜欢 0 阅读量: 12 作者:NP Agaram,M Austin,A Amortegui,M Kapali 摘要: Centrosome abnormalities have been found in various cancer types and are thought to be involved in early ...