Title: Study of Pap Smear Reporting in Asymptomatic women from a rural set up
Authors: Ranjana Deka, Usha Sarma
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i1.137
Abstract
Background: Cancer cervix is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in developing countries like India most probably due to lack of proper screening facilities in the rural and suburban areas or due to the lack of awareness amongst the women. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the world.
Developing countries accounted to about 80% of the global burden. This study was conducted to find out importance of Pap Smear Test in differentiating premalignant and malignant lesions in a rural set up.
Method: The study is carried out in a tertiary Care Hospital – Tezpur Medical College amongst asymptomatic women.
Results: The study was carried out in 160 No. of women. Out of those 160 cases we have studied, 96.3% are inflammatory, 3.7% are epithelial cell abnormality, 2.5% are HSIL, 0.61% squamous carcinoma and 0.61 are LSIL
Conclusion: This study shows that PAP smear examination is an important method for diagnosing cervical cancer.
Keyword: PAP smear, HSIL (High grade squamous intra epithelial lesion), LSIL (low grade squamous intra epithelial lesion), SCC (Squamous cell carcinoma).
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