title: [Colposcopic verification of cytologic smears containing atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance].
abstract: The aim of the study was the estimation of significance of smears containing Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance (ASCUS) and presentation the own management of that cases. The study group consisted of 73 non-pregnant women (aged from 21 to 54 years) with ASCUS. The control group included 113 non-pregnant patients (aged between 20 and 57 years) with unsuspected cytology findings. Chi square test and Fisher test were used to compare the colposcopy findings in the two groups. Colposcopic pictures indicating a presence of dysplasia were significantly more often in study group. 14 cases (19.18%) of mild dysplasia and 8 cases (10.96%) of moderate and severe dysplasia were found in the group of patients with ASCUS. During the 18 month follow-up of the remaining patients in that group persistence of ASCUS was found in 2 cases (3.92%), progression to mild and moderate dysplasia was observed in 6 women (11.76%). Regression to normal smear occurred in 43 women (84.31%). Progression to dysplasia referred to women with suspected colposcopy findings. Until further research resolve all the questions regarding ASCUS smears or new more precise diagnostic methods are invented, colposcopy remains the method of choice in verification of ASCUS smears. Colposcopy together with cytology is the optimal mode of observation of such patients.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Ginekologii i Onkologii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pityński
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szczudrawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strama
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piwowarska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003127:Colposcopy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014626:Vaginal Smears
vernacular_title: Kolposkopowa weryfikacja rozmazów cytologicznych z obecnościa atypowych komórek płaskonabłonkowych o nieokreślonym znaczeniu.