The significance of endocervical cells in the diagnosis of cervical epithelial changes.
A study was made of the relationship of endocervical columnar cells to the cytologic identification of abnormality in the cervix. From a population of women participating in a cervical cancer screening program, a group of women was selected whose smears theoretically should have contained endocervical columnar cells. Endocervical cells were present in 93.1% of the smears and absent in 6.9%. A significantly higher number of moderately and severely atypical epithelial changes was found in smears with endocervical cells as compared with smears without endocervical cells.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears