Relationship between absence of endocervical cells and negative Pap smears in patients with squamous premalignant cervix lesions

• Autor: Centeno-Díaz, Roger
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.upch.edu.pe:article/4924
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/RMH/article/view/4924
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Prueba de Papanicolaou; citología; diagnóstico; cuello del útero; Papanicolaou Test; cytology; diagnosis; cervix uteri

Objective: To determine the relationship between absence of endocervical cells and false negative Pap smears in patients with squamous premalignant cervix lesions. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out at Servicio de Anatomía Patológica del Hospital General de Huacho. A search for positive cervix biopsies for squamous intraepithelial lesions and their Pap smears from 2016 to 2018 was done. Negative Pap smears with absence of endocervical cells were investigated. Results: 23 out of 158 cytology results showed absence of endocervical cells, only two (8.7%) were reported negative. Eleven cytologies were negative (7%). Conclusions: No relationship was found between absence of endocervical cells and false negative results at Pap smears. Therefore, no influence in the detection of squamous pre-malignant cells was found.