Open AccessCORRELATION OF PAP SMEAR AND COLPOSCOPIC FINDING WITH DIRECTED BIOPSY TO ASSESS THE ADVANTAGE OF CONCURRENT TESTING BY CYTOLOGY AND COLPOSCOPY IN THE DETECTION OF CERVICAL NEOPLASM
Author(s) -
Diksha Kumari Chittara,
Suman Lata Mendiratta,
Anil Gurjar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i11.2279
Subject(s) - colposcopy , medicine , cervical cancer , obstetrics , cytology , obstetrics and gynaecology , gynecology , histopathology , biopsy , cancer , cytopathology , radiology , pathology , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Background: Cervical cancer was the second most common cancer among women 15-44 years of age and in 2018 it was the fourth most frequent cancer and cause of cancer death among all women in the world
Methods:Women (18-65 yrs) attending Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur were recruited for study. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria written and informed consent were taken from all study participants
Results: On histopathology report we found that 10% had normal inflammation followed by 9.33% had carcinoma in situ, 8% had CIN-2, 6.67% had CIN-1, 5.67% had CIN-3 and Squamous cell carcinoma each.
Conclusion: Pap smear and colposcopy both the tests can be used to complement each other in a hospital based screening programme, where facilities for both modalities are available. Hence use of single visit approach in which cytology, colposcopy and guided biopsy all are done in single sitting, and treated accordingly in resource poor countries like ours will enable maximal utilization of scarce medical resources.
Keywords: Pap smear, CIN, Cervical cancer