title: ThinPrep Pap Test promotes detection of glandular lesions of the endocervix.
abstract: The objectives of this study were to evaluate 1) the detection rate of atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance of endocervical cell type (AGUS-EC) and 2) the correlation between AGUS-EC on cytology and biopsy results using the conventional Papanicolaou (Pap) smear test vs. the ThinPrep Pap test (TPPT). Cervical-vaginal samples processed by the conventional Pap smear for 11 mo in 1996-1997 were identified, as were TPPTs collected for the same interval in 1997-1998. Biopsy results were compared after a 9-mo follow-up for both groups. There were 112 AGUS-EC cases from 82,754 conventional Pap smears (detection rate, 0.14%) compared with 58 cases from 82,252 TPPTs (detection rate, 0.07%) (P < 0.01). Biopsies were available in 72 of 112 patients from the conventional Pap smear group and 35 of 58 patients from the TPPT groups. Five dysplastic glandular lesions/ AIS were diagnosed by biopsy in the 35 patients (14.3%)from the TPPT group, compared with 2 of the 72 patients (2.8%) from the conventional Pap smear group (P < 0.05). There were no statistically significant differences between other follow-up diagnoses for the two methods. The use of TPPT resulted in fewer cases of AGUS-EC and better correlation with histology. The TPPT appears to be as sensitive as and more specific than the conventional Pap smear for detection of endocervical glandular lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Women and Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence 02905-2401, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Steinhoff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018307:Neoplasms, Squamous Cell / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic