title: The histological outcome of glandular dyskaryosis--AGUS--reported in Papanicolaou smears.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to investigate the prognostic significance of glandular dyskaryosis/AGUS, reported in Papanicolaou (Pap) smears.
  
  
  METHODS
  During a 4-year period 26,408 smears were assessed at the Department of Cytology of our hospital. Thirty (0.11%) smears were reported as having glandular dyskaryosis. The studied material was taken by colposcopy, fractional curettage and/or cone biopsy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The final diagnosis included 2 cases of invasive cervical carcinoma (1 squamous cell and 1 adenocarcinoma), 1 case with ovarian cancer, 8 cases with high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HGSIL) and 10 cases with other nonmalignant pathology (polyps, hyperplasia) of endometrial origin. These findings reflect a 36.7% positive predictive value for significant squamous and glandular pathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with glandular dyskaryosis require further evaluation because it may hide serious pathology from all internal genital organs. Colposcopy in combination with fractional curettage and/or cone biopsy are proposed as the appropriate diagnostic tools in women with such cytological abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece. christosiavazzo@hotmail.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iavazzo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vorgias
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alexiadou
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lekka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mavromatis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akrivos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katsoulis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000473:pathology*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D014626:Vaginal Smears