Issues of the Evaluation of Endocervical Cells of the Uterine Cervix on Cytological

The study of cytological and histological changes in the glandular and squamous epithelium of the uterine cervix is important in diagnosis of cervical cancer with the communication between gynecologists and cytopathologists about a definition of suspected neoplastic changes with transitions to adenocarcinoma. The Papanicolaou test (Pap) is a method of cervical screening used to detect these changes for pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix. A certain diagnostic insecurity in the evaluation of cytological smears arises in the area of abnormalities of the endocervical epithelium from the applied Pap test. Important criteria indicating malignancy are cell palisades, rosettes, feathered cell edges of cell clumps and large cellular cluster. Authors deal in the article with criteria being significant when evaluating cytological endocervical findings. In addition, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) test may be performed either as indicated for abnormal Pap results.