Potentially difficult smears of women with squamous cell carcinoma pose fewer problems when PAPNET is used for primary screening.
Cytopathology
; 10(5): 324-34, 1999 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
The diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) on a cervical smear is often far from easy. This study reports the analysis of 40 true-positive SCC smears detected in primary PAPNET screening and eight false-negative (FN) conventionally screened smears. All FN cases contained sparse abnormal material (< 10% of the slide). In these potentially difficult cases the diagnosis on the PAPNET images was not hard. Statistical analysis of the quantitative data indicated that the PAPNET images of the FN cases and the true-positive cases differed in some aspects. PAPNET highlighted the importance of background information (old blood, fibrin and necrosis). In addition, all FN smears contained cancer cells in the PAPNET images, allowing a correct diagnosis.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esfregaço Vaginal
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Neoplasias do Colo do Útero
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Neoplasias de Células Escamosas
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article