Objectives: The objectives of the study are to assess the prevalence of colposcopic and histological abnormalities in patients diagnosed with ASCUS and ASC-H and to compare the prevalence of CIN in each group. Methods: Population-based cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted in one of tertiary hospitals in UAE. All cervical smears reported as ASCUS or ASC-H in 2015 were included in this study. The local guideline in 2015 was to refer all cases of ASC for colposcopy assessment. Results: Overall 7,418 cervical smears were processed at our laboratory service, 5.6% (n=413) were reported as ASC. 95% of them (n=394) were ASCUS and 5% (n=19) were ASC-H. The overall prevalence of high grade CIN in patients with ASC-H is 26% compared with 0.8% for patients with ASCUS regardless the age. The relative risk of patients with ASC-H is 8 folds higher than patients with ASCUS to have low grade CIN but 29 fold higher risk of having High grade CIN and the P value =0.0001.Conclusion: ASC-H cytology confers a substantially higher risk for high grade CIN than ASCUS regardless of age. HPV test is an important triage test in patients with ASCUS to predict cellular changes and CIN.
Ortashi, O., & Abdalla, D. (2019). Colposcopic and Histological Outcome of Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance and Atypical Squamous Cell of Undetermined Significance Cannot Exclude High-Grade in Women Screened for Cervical Cancer. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 20(9), 2579-2582. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.9.2579
MLA
Osman Ortashi; Dana Abdalla. "Colposcopic and Histological Outcome of Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance and Atypical Squamous Cell of Undetermined Significance Cannot Exclude High-Grade in Women Screened for Cervical Cancer". Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 20, 9, 2019, 2579-2582. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.9.2579
HARVARD
Ortashi, O., Abdalla, D. (2019). 'Colposcopic and Histological Outcome of Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance and Atypical Squamous Cell of Undetermined Significance Cannot Exclude High-Grade in Women Screened for Cervical Cancer', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 20(9), pp. 2579-2582. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.9.2579
VANCOUVER
Ortashi, O., Abdalla, D. Colposcopic and Histological Outcome of Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance and Atypical Squamous Cell of Undetermined Significance Cannot Exclude High-Grade in Women Screened for Cervical Cancer. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2019; 20(9): 2579-2582. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.9.2579
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