title: Light microscopic study of cervical smear in a tertiary hospital at Dhaka.
abstract: This light microscopic retrospective study of 798 cervical smear were done to see the pattern of cervical lesions and main presenting complaints of the women who attended the Gynae & Obstetrics department of BIRDEM hospital for medical and surgical advice. Out of these 798 smears examined light microscopically 274(34.34%) was normal, 453(54.26%) were inflammatory smear, 49(6.14%) showed Gardrenella, 9(1.13%) revealed the presence of Candida, 3(0.38%) showed Trichomonial infection, 6(0.76%) showed the presence of atypical cells (5ASCUS, 1 CIN) and 2(0.26%) were positive for malignancy, (1 adenocarcinoma, 1 squamous cell carcinoma). The mean age+/-SE of the women were 43.12+/-9.18 years, mean+/-SE age of the last child was 14.19+/-7.99 years; mean+/-SE of para was 3.5+/-7.34 pregnancies. The common presenting complains of these women Menorrhagia (17.92%), Menopausal Symptoms (17.42%), Lower Abdominal pain (15.78%), White PV discharge (15.78%), Dysmenorrhoea (7.52%), Pruritus/Itching vulva (7.14%), Prolapse (4.39%), Fibroid (2.01%), Infertility (1.13%), Post coital bleeding (0.75%) respectively. Pap's smear is reconfirmed as an established major screening tool for diagnosis of different cervical lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Ibrahim Medical College, Shahbagh, and BIRDEM Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Afroze
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tahmin
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Nipa
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Faisal
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Choudhury
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014626:Vaginal Smears