Relationship between absence of endocervical cells and negative Pap smears in patients with squamous premalignant cervix lesions

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https://doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v34i3.4924

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Papanicolaou Test, cytology, diagnosis, cervix uteri

Abstract

Objective: To determine the relationship between absence of endocervical cells and false negative Pap smears in patients with squamous premalignant cervix lesions. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out at Servicio de Anatomía Patológica del Hospital General de Huacho. A search for positive cervix biopsies for squamous intraepithelial lesions and their Pap smears from 2016 to 2018 was done. Negative Pap smears with absence of endocervical cells were investigated. Results: 23 out of 158 cytology results showed absence of endocervical cells, only two (8.7%) were reported negative. Eleven cytologies were negative (7%). Conclusions: No relationship was found between absence of endocervical cells and false negative results at Pap smears. Therefore, no influence in the detection of squamous pre-malignant cells was found.

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2023-09-20

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Centeno-Díaz R. Relationship between absence of endocervical cells and negative Pap smears in patients with squamous premalignant cervix lesions. Rev Méd Hered [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 20 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];34(3):143-8. Available from: https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/RMH/article/view/4924

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Vol. 34 No. 3 (2023): July - September

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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

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