Comparison of liquid based cytology cervical smears with histopathological findings

A comparison of liquid-based cytology with conventional Papanicolaou smears in cervical dysplasia diagnosis

BACKGROUND Due to the high number of women affected by cervical cancer and the importance of an early diagnosis, combined with the frequent incidence of false-negative Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening results for this disease, several studies have been conducted in recent years in order to find better tests. Liquid-based cytology (LBC) tests, including the liquid-based thin layer method, have...

Histopathological Correlation with Cervical Cytology Dr. Alakananda

The present study was undertaken with the aim to evaluate the histopathological correlation with cervical cytology among patients attending GOPD of Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati. It was a prospective, cross sectional study over a period of 1 year from July 2015 – June 2016. Total number of 280 patients with complaints of vaginal discharge, irregular bleeding, post coital bleeding, pain abdo...

Liquid-based cytology in cervical screening

Adequacy rate comparison between liquid-based cytology using SurePath versus conventional smears in detecting thyroid malignancies

Background: Controversy exists about the diagnostic value of liquid-based cytology (LBC) compared to conventional smears (CS). Most prior studies of LBC were performed using ThinPrep system. Few studies have ever compared the adequacy rate of SurePath with conventional smears. Methods: We performed a prospective comparison of LBC using SurePath with CS in 304 thyroid nodules. Four needle sticks...

Comparison of conventional Papanicolaou cytology samples with liquid-based cervical cytology samples from women in Pernambuco, Brazil

In the present study, we compared the performance of a ThinPrep cytological method with the conventional Papanicolaou test for diagnosis of cytopathological changes, with regard to unsatisfactory results achieved at the Central Public Health Laboratory of the State of Pernambuco. A population-based, cross-sectional study was performed with women aged 18 to 65 years, who spontaneously sought gyn...