Open AccessInflammatory signs in wet smear and Pap‐smear compared with the histopathology from the female lower genital tract
Author(s) -
Vural GüRcan,
PlatzChristensen Jens Jörgen,
Hagmar BjÖRn,
Jonassen Fredrik,
Warleby Bengt,
Andersson Eira
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349509024408
Subject(s) - histopathology , medicine , papanicolaou stain , pathology , genital tract , granulomatous inflammation , inflammation , sex organ , cytology , physiology , cervical cancer , biology , cancer , genetics
In order to define the relationship between various criteria of female lower genital tract inflammation, we examined wet smears, cervical smears and biopsies from 131 patients. The presence of clue cells in rehydrated dry smears showed a positive correlation to the presence of clue cells in Papanicolaou stained smears, and to some extent with cytological evidence of inflammation (Kappa 0.48). Cytological inflammatory findings correlated well with the presence of clue cells in rehydrated dry smears, but signs of inflammation diagnosed by histopathology did not correspond to findings in cytological smears, probably because these methods reveal inflammation at different sites.