Exfoliative cytology of microinvasive squamous-cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. A retrospective study of 42 cases.
The cervical scraping smears from 42 cases of microinvasive squamous-cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix with stromal invasion less than 3 mm were reviewed. Microinvasion could be suggested in approximately 60% of the cases by examination of the smears. The cytologic prediction of microinvasion was 14% in cases having stromal invasion less than 1 mm; it increased to 72.7% and 88.2% when stromal invasions were 1.1 to 2 mm and 2.1 to 3 mm in depth, respectively.
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014626:Vaginal Smears