Documentation of cervical cytological findings in Çankırı population

Aim. Cervical cancer is one of the most common female malignancy with high mortality rates in developing countries. Our purpose is to present cervical cytologic abnormalities and the detection rate of epithelial abnormalities by cervical cytology (CC). Method. A total of 8972 conventional pap smear tests collected between August 2010 and August 2012 from Çankırı State Hospital were retrospectively analyzed and results were based on the 2001 Bethesda system. Results. Total of 129 (1.4%) cases had epithelial abnormalities. The numbers and rates of epithelial abnormalities were as the followings: Atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance (ASCUS; n=75 [0.8%]); atypical squamous cell suspicious for high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (ASCH; n=10 [0.11%]); atypical glandular cell of undetermined significance (AGUS; n=8 [0.08%]); lowgrade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL; n=22 [0.24%]); high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL; n=14 [0.15%]). Conclusion. The prevelence of cervical cytological abnormality in our study was 1.4% and the most of them were diagnosed as atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance (ASCUS). Our results partly correspond with the studies that were carried out on the large amounts of Turkish population.