title: The 1988 Bethesda System for reporting cervical/vaginal cytologic diagnoses: developed and approved at the National Cancer Institute workshop in Bethesda, MD, December 12-13, 1988.
abstract: The Bethesda System for reporting cervical/vaginal diagnoses, introduced in this article, is a flexible guideline and can be modified as appropriate to meet the needs of cytopathologists, referring physicians, and patients.
mesh_terms: D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014621:Vagina / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology*; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears