Management of Abnormal Cervical/Vaginal Pap Smears.
The primary role of the Pap smear is to detect premalignant lesions. Unfortunately, it is unclear how best to manage patients with low-grade lesions or squamous atypia. There are simple approaches to common problems seen with Pap smears, such as infection, inflammation, and no endocervical cells on the smear.
Korn
AP
University of California, San Francisco, Calif.