title: Abnormal cervical cytology in pregnant adolescents.
abstract: A retrospective, cohort study of pregnant adolescents with abnormal cervical cytology including: atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS), low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) was done to determine the regression, persistence and progression of abnormal cervical cytology in adolescent pregnancies. Follow-up cervical cytology within 1 year was assessed. Results suggest that pregnant adolescents have a high regression rate of abnormal cervical cytology. The likelihood of regression, persistence, or progression, is independent of the initial cytological diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Resurrection Health Care/Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60657, USA. maria.tam@reshealthcare.org
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Elgar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult