title: A comparison of preoperative exfoliative cervical cytology with subsequent histology.
abstract: A comparison of the preoperative cervical cytology with the subsequent histology in 441 cases showed a wide variation in the prediction of the histological diagnoses by cytology. There was a precise correlation in 66% of cases. The false negative rate was 11.5% and the false positive rate was 11.2%. These data illustrate the difficulty managing premalignant and malignant disease of the uterine cervix using cytology alone for guidance.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueki
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears