[PDF][PDF] ASCUS: comparative follow-up results related to previous SIL diagnosis

F Alameda, P Fuste, M Conangla… - Eur. J. Gynaec …, 1999 - article.imrpress.com
The clinical significance of ASCUS (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance)
remains undetermined. In a variety of cases, it is possible to identify an underlying …

Colposcopic evaluation after a repeat atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) smear

S Gerber, P De Grandi, P Petignat, A Mihaescu… - International Journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Objectives: Management of patients with atypical squamous cells of undetermined
significance (ASCUS) remains controversial. We chose to repeat the Pap smear after four …

Is colposcopic biopsy overused among women with a cytological diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS)?

V Lousuebsakul, SMF Knutsen, PN Singh… - Journal of Women's …, 2003 - liebertpub.com
Background: The diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance
(ASCUS) during cervical screening indicates cellular abnormality but is not sufficient for a …

Reducing or eliminating use of the category of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance decreases the diagnostic accuracy of the Papanicolaou smear

MB Pitman, ES Cibas, CN Powers… - … Journal of the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The diagnosis of “atypical squamous cells of undetermined
significance”(ASCUS) is controversial, not only for the clinical utility of its subcategories …

Atypical squamous and glandular cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS and AGUS) of the uterine cervix.

M Cenci, A Vecchione - Anticancer research, 2000 - europepmc.org
ASCUS (Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance) and AGUS (Atypical
Glandular Cells of Undetermined Significance), or AGCUS, are two acronyms introduced in …

Cytologic predictors of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in women with an ASCUS Pap smear.

C Morin, I Bairati, C Bouchard, M Fortier, M Roy… - Acta …, 2000 - europepmc.org
Objective To identify cytologic parameters on Pap smears of women with an atypical
squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) diagnosis that could help cytologists …

Histologic findings of uterine cervix among women with cytologic diagnosis of ASCUS (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance)

F Ghaem Maghami, F Ensani, N Behtash… - Tehran University of …, 2004 - tumj.tums.ac.ir
Background: The aim of this investigation is to evaluate the histologic results of biopsy in
women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) cytologic …

Atypical epithelial cells and specimen adequacy: current laboratory practices of participants in the college of American pathologists interlaboratory comparison …

DD Davey, S Woodhouse, P Styer… - … of pathology & …, 2000 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract Context.—The Bethesda System for reporting cervical/vaginal cytologic diagnoses
introduced terminology for atypical squamous and glandular cells and categories for …

Diagnosis of “ASCUS” in women over age 50 is less likely to be associated with dysplasia

K Flynn, DL Rimm - Diagnostic cytopathology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Many investigators have found that cervical dysplasia is common when follow‐up data are
obtained from patients with a diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined …

Case 32-2003: A 37-year-old woman with atypical squamous cells on a papanicolaou smear

A Goodman, DC Wilbur - New England Journal of Medicine, 2003 - Mass Medical Soc
Presentation of Case A 37-year-old woman was referred to the colposcopy clinic because of
two Papanicolaou smears showing atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance …