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International Journal of Tropical Medicine

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Prospective Study on Spectrum of Cervical Cytology in Papanicolaou Smears of Symptomatic Women in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Rajasthan

Sanya Kumar, Deepika Panwar, Sachin Jain, Payal Jain and Manisha Singhal
Page: 99-103 | Received 20 Aug 2024, Published online: 21 Oct 2024

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Abstract

Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of death in females worldwide. In developing countries like India cervical cancer is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Cancer of the cervix can be prevented and diagnosed earlier at the pre‐malignant stage with adequate and repetitive cytological screening by Papanicolaou (Pap) smears. This study aimed to study the role of a Pap smear in detecting non‐neoplastic, premalignant, and malignant lesions of the cervix and the prevalence of different lesions in women who received a traditional Pap smear technique. It is a prospective cross‐sectional study of 800 pap smears studied from June 2022 to May 2023 received in the department of obstetrics and gynecology in a tertiary care hospital. Samples were collected from women between 20 and 80 years presenting with some gynecological problems. Smears were reported as per the 2014 Bethesda system. Out of 800 women, 683 (85.4%) had NILM findings on pap smear and 42 (5.2%) had epithelial cell abnormality. However, 75 (9.4%) were found to be unsatisfactory. Out of those with epithelial cell abnormality, 24 (3%) cases of ASCUS, 8 (1%) cases of HSIL, 5 (0.6%) cases of LSIL, 3 (0.4%) cases of SCC and 2(0.2%) cases of AGUS were observed. A Pap smear is simple, non‐invasive, cost‐effective and easy to perform for the detection of precancerous lesions in a gynecological patient. Every woman should undergo a Pap test at least once in her life. A pap smear should start from 25 years to be done till 65 years (repeated after every 3 years).

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Sanya Kumar, Deepika Panwar, Sachin Jain, Payal Jain and Manisha Singhal. Prospective Study on Spectrum of Cervical Cytology in Papanicolaou Smears of Symptomatic Women in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Rajasthan.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makijtm.2024.4.99.103
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