title: [Cervix cytology: Cervex Brush versus conventional cotton swab].
abstract: Cervical smears should contain endocervical cells to be accepted as representative for a cytologic diagnosis. In this prospective study with 200 women we compared cytologic specimens obtained by Cervex-Brush (100 women) or by conventional cotton-swab (100 women) technique. The incidence of smears containing cylindrical and metaplastic cells was 85% in the Cervex-Brush group and only 58% in the cotton-swab group. We believe that the application of the Cervex-Brush or a similar instrument should result in fewer repeat smears and fewer false-negative smears and thus in an improvement of the cervical cytology.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Gynäkologische Pathologie, Pathologisches Institut der Universität Bern.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Altermatt
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wyler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fravi
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kraft
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dreher
mesh_terms: D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000295:instrumentation*