OBJECTIVE: A new terminology for cytologic diagnosis of cervical lesions has been introduced by Bethesda System. This includes : 1) Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS), 2) Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL), 3) High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), 4) squamo-cellular carcinoma. Tile aim of this study was to assess the correlation between the colpocytologic test (Pap psmear), the histologic response and colposcopy. METHODS : We re-examined tile cytologic results of 447 patients who underwent routine cytologic tests, with a diagnosis of various grades of atypia, from ASCUS to HSIL. A histologic test was carried out on a colposcopic basis in 210 cases and cytologic results were correlated with the histologic and colposcopic pictures. RESULTS : For ASCUS the histology was positive in 19.1% (31/163) of cases and negative in 10.4.% of the colposcopically positive cases (17/163), while in the remaining 70.5% (115/163) the colposcopy resulted negative. In LSIL with the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) the histologic findings, confirmed the cytologic result in 35.8% (48/134) while in the group of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN I) results corresponded in 40.6% (41/101). In high squamous intraepithelial lesions there was an histologic confirmation in 59.2% (29/49). CONCLUSIONS : Tile data obtained indicate an increase in positive histology results from tile types of low grade (ASCUS-LSIL) to those of a high grade (HSIL). Our results indicate that the presence of ASCUS should be assessed colposcopically and histologically, where indicated.

Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS), low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL), high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) and hystology.

GERLI, Sandro;DI RENZO, Giancarlo
2000

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: A new terminology for cytologic diagnosis of cervical lesions has been introduced by Bethesda System. This includes : 1) Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS), 2) Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL), 3) High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), 4) squamo-cellular carcinoma. Tile aim of this study was to assess the correlation between the colpocytologic test (Pap psmear), the histologic response and colposcopy. METHODS : We re-examined tile cytologic results of 447 patients who underwent routine cytologic tests, with a diagnosis of various grades of atypia, from ASCUS to HSIL. A histologic test was carried out on a colposcopic basis in 210 cases and cytologic results were correlated with the histologic and colposcopic pictures. RESULTS : For ASCUS the histology was positive in 19.1% (31/163) of cases and negative in 10.4.% of the colposcopically positive cases (17/163), while in the remaining 70.5% (115/163) the colposcopy resulted negative. In LSIL with the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) the histologic findings, confirmed the cytologic result in 35.8% (48/134) while in the group of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN I) results corresponded in 40.6% (41/101). In high squamous intraepithelial lesions there was an histologic confirmation in 59.2% (29/49). CONCLUSIONS : Tile data obtained indicate an increase in positive histology results from tile types of low grade (ASCUS-LSIL) to those of a high grade (HSIL). Our results indicate that the presence of ASCUS should be assessed colposcopically and histologically, where indicated.
2000
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