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Reporting of an Endocervical Component After A Previous Cervical Biopsy
Author(s) -
MITCHELL P.,
MEDLEY G.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1991.tb00403.x
Subject(s) - medicine , papanicolaou stain , biopsy , gynecology , cervical screening , obstetrics , cervix , sampling (signal processing) , cervical cancer , radiology , filter (signal processing) , cancer , computer science , computer vision
The rate of reporting endocervical cells in the Papanicolaou smears of 579 women with a past history of cervical biopsy was compared with an age matched control group of women. During a time period when only spatulae (Ayre Lerner and Aylesbury) were used for sampling, 55% of the cases and 53% of the controls had the presence of endocervical cells reported. When cytobrushes as well as spatulae were used, the proportion rose to 70% for cases and 73% for controls. We conclude that the probability of endocervical cells being reported is not influenced by a past history of cervical biopsy, but is substantially improved if a combination of cytobrush and spatula is provided for sampling. Papanicolaou smear, endocervical, biopsy, case, control