title: Retrospective evaluation of cervical smears in women harbouring biopsy proven SIL.
abstract: Detection and evaluation of cervical pre-neoplasia is the purpose of cervical cytologic screening in the prevention of death from cervical carcinoma. This investigation is an attempt to evaluate previously taken cervical smears in women harbouring a biopsy proven squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL). All cervical smears sampled during 4 years prior to biopsy as well as some of the smears during a 5 year follow-up were re-examined for 208 women who in a defined geographical area, the County of Gävleborg, in 1988 had a biopsy proven squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL). The present study shows that a patient with a LSIL in the Pap smear is at high risk of harbouring or developing cervical squamous intraepithelial neoplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Cytology, County Hospital, Gävle, Sweden.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grabowska
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Nordesjö
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matuszkiewicz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014626:Vaginal Smears