ArticleSultan Qaboos University medical journal2015
Trends in Epithelial Cell Abnormalities Observed on Cervical Smears over a 21-Year Period in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kuwait.
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- Prevalence of Cervical Pap Smear Epithelial Abnormalities in Iraqi Women and Its Correlation with Histopathology.Iranian journal of pathology · 2026Article
- Cervical cancer screening by cytology and the burden of epithelial abnormalities in low resource settings: a tertiary-center 42-year study.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Pattern and predictors of cervical epithelial cell abnormalities among unscreened and under-screened women in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.Ecancermedicalscience · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Cytological Abnormalities in Papanicolaou Smears and Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer Among Women in Muscat, Oman.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2021Article
- Histopathological Patterns and Characteristics of Abnormal Cervical Smear in Madinah Region of Saudi ArabiaAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2019Article
- Prevalence of Infectious Organisms Observed in Cervical Smears Between 1997-2014 at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2018Article
- Prevalence of Abnormal Pap Smears: A Descriptive Study from a Cancer Center in a Low-Prevalence CommunityAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2017Article
- Aptima HPV Genotypes in Abnormal Cervical Samples in Different Age Groups - Implication on Vaccination Strategies.Journal of cytologyArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aimed to analyse trends in epithelial cell abnormalities (ECAs) in cervical cytology at a tertiary care hospital in Kuwait.
methodsECAs in 135,766 reports were compared over three seven-year periods between 1992 and 2012. Conventional Papanicolaou (Pap) smear tests were used in the first two periods and ThinPrep (Hologic Corp., Bedford, Massachusetts, USA) tests were used in the third.
resultsSignificant increases in satisfactory smears, atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) and atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance/atypical glandular cells (AGUS/AGCs) were seen in the second and third periods (P <0.001). No significant increases were observed among low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSILs) or high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) (P >0.05). An increase was noted in carcinomas between the first and second periods although a significant decline was seen in the third (P <0.014).
conclusionSatisfactory smears, ASCUS and AGUS/AGC increased during the study period although no significant increases in LSILs, HSILs or carcinomas were observed.
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