The Bethesda System recommends that the diagnosis of "atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance" (ASCUS) be qualified when possible to indicate whether a reactive process, or a squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL), is favored. In order to evaluate the utility of this recommendation, 308
Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance: A follow up study
โ Scribed by R Tewari; A Chaudhary
- Book ID
- 117514487
- Publisher
- Armed Forces Medical Services, India
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 258 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0377-1237
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In the first year since the institution of the Bethesda system at UCDMC, 549/7,388 (7.43%) Papanicolaou (Pap) smears were diagnosed as having an epithelial abnormality. One hundred ninety-three of the 549 (35. I %) of the abnormal smears received an ASCUS diagnosis, representing 2.61 % of the total
## Background: There is an increasing number of articles regarding the long term follow-up of papanicolaou (pap) smears with the diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ascus). much controversy exists regarding the management of patients with this diagnosis. in a prior st