title: Impact of Implementing the Paris System for Reporting Urine Cytology in the Performance of Urine Cytology:  A Correlative Study of 124 Cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We assessed the performance of urine cytology using the Paris System for Reporting Urine Cytology (PSRUC) in comparison to our current system.
  
  
  METHODS
  In total, 124 specimens with histologic correlation were reviewed and assigned to the PSRUC categories: benign, atypical urothelial cells (AUCs), suspicious for high-grade urothelial carcinoma (SHGUC), and high-grade urothelial carcinoma (HGUC). Original cytological diagnoses were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fewer cases were given an AUC diagnosis using the PSRUC in comparison to the original diagnoses (26% vs 39%), while the association of AUCs with subsequent HGUC increased from 33% to 53% with the PSRUC. Using the PSRUC resulted in a higher number of low-grade carcinomas assigned to the benign (40%) rather than the AUC (22%) category. The performance of SHGUC/HGUC diagnoses was similar in both systems (predictive value = 94%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PSRUC seems to improve the performance of urine cytology by limiting the AUC category to cases that are more strongly associated with HGUC.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pathology.
authors.forename: Muhannad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, McGill University and McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Sharaddha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Solanki
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, McGill University and McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Wassim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kassouf
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pathology.
authors.forename: Yonca
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanber
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pathology.
authors.forename: Derin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Caglar
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pathology.
authors.forename: Manon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Auger
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pathology fadi.brimo@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Fadi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brimo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000652:urine; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016482:Urinalysis / Q000379:methods*; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000652:urine; D019459:Urothelium / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Atypical; Correlation; Cytology; High grade; Paris System for Reporting Urine Cytology; Performance; Urine