Follow-up of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance in adolescents
โ Scribed by Danielle W. Lu; Anil B. Pinto; Jason D. Wright; Leslie D. Boucher
- Book ID
- 117190648
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 57 KB
- Volume
- 99
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0029-7844
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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
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