Preceding cervical cytology in women with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
โ Scribed by Sorramon Songveeratham; Chumnan Kietpeerakool; Surapan Khunamornpong; Narisa Sribanditmongkol; Jatupol Srisomboon
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 283
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-9128
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๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
BACKGROUND. Some cervical/vaginal Papanicolaou (Pap) smears previously diagnosed as normal in women with a high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) are found to contain abnormal cells on retrospective review. This study characterized and quantitated such cells in 100 Pap smears. ## METHODS
BACKGROUND. Routine liquid-based cytology (LBC) provides excellent sensitivity for the detection of cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL); however, its specificity is low. Consequently, many women who have atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) or low-grad