SEARCH ARTICLES



LATEST ARTICLES

Table of Contents

2014 Month : August Volume : 3 Issue : 39 Page : 9907-9912

THE SPECTRUM OF CERVICAL CYTOLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES IN KUWAIT USING THE REVISED 2001 BETHESDA SYSTEM

Thoppil Reba Philipose1, B. Vasudeva Somayaji2, Muktha R. Pai3, Francis N. P. Monteiro4, Prashantha Bhagavath5, Bolar Ramaprasad Rai6, Roshan Ann Oommen7, Umananda Mallya8

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Dr. Prashantha Bhagavath,
Associate Professor,
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology,
Kasturba Medical College,
Manipal, Manipal University,
India.
Email: dr_bhagvath@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT: Cervical carcinoma is one of the most common female malignancies in developing countries. There are few reports describing the profile of abnormal Pap smears from countries in the Middle East. The pattern of cervical intraepithelial lesions and carcinoma detected in Pap smears of women in Kuwait is reported. A total of 12800 cervical smears reported in the department of Pathology, Maternity Hospital, and ministry of Health were studied from January 2010 to December 2012. There were 523(4.12%) abnormal Pap smears. They were further classified as Atypical Squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) (118 cases, 0.93%), Atypical Squamous cells cannot exclude a HSIL (ASC-H) (24 cases, 0.19%), Low Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (LSIL) (172 cases, 1.35%), High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (HSIL) (91 cases, 0.72%) Squamous cell carcinoma (21cases, 0.17%) Atypical Glandular Cells (AGC-NOS) (53cases, 0.42%) Atypical Glandular Cells - favor neoplastic (23 cases, 0.18%) Endocervical adenocarcinoma in situ (01 case, 0.01%) Endocervical adenocarcinoma (01 case, 0.01%) Endometrial adenocarcinoma (19 cases, 0.15%). This study reveals the wide range of cervical epithelial cell abnormalities present in the population. The information provided in this study emphasizes the need for a national cervical screening program to estimate the actual magnitude of the problem, identify ‘at risk ’women and decrease the mortality from cervical cancer.

KEYWORDS: Adenocarcinoma; Cervical Cytology; Pap smears; Squamous cell carcinoma.

Videos :

watch?v

Download Download [ PDF ] Article Article Email Send to a friend Page Views Page Views(1977) Facebook ShareFacebook Share Twitter ShareTwitter Share