title: Automated screening of gynecologic cytology: a comparison of results.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the results among conventional gynecologic cytology liquid-based cytology and manual screening and liquid-based cytology automatically screened.
  
  
  METHODS
  The results of 53,311 cervicovaginal samples, corresponding to 53,311 women of Barcelona, Spain are reviewed. The cases are subdivided into 19,742 conventional cervicovaginal samples; 17,596 liquid-based cytology, manually screened samples; and 15,973 liquid-based automated-screened samples.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The automated screening increases the atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion detection, in respect to liquid-based, manual screening and conventional cytology. In the follow-up, automated screening increases the diagnosis of squamous intraepithelial lesion (low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Automated screening increases detection of all categories and increases the specificity for high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.
authors: Cytopathology Unit, Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 86780@imas.imim.es
authors: Francesc
authors: F
authors: Alameda
authors: Lara
authors: L
authors: Pijuan
authors: Belen
authors: B
authors: Lloveras
authors: Imma
authors: I
authors: Soler
authors: Emilia
authors: E
authors: Romero
authors: Ramon
authors: R
authors: Carreras
authors: Sergio
authors: S
authors: Serrano
mesh_terms: D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology*; D014626:Vaginal Smears