Assessment and Importance of PAP Smear: An Hospital Based Study in Gynaecology Department
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2019-05
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Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences
Abstract
Background: There is a need to spread cervical cancerscreening awareness programs, educate women regarding thesymptoms of cancer, and motivate them to visit the hospital fora cancer screening. Pap smear-positive women need adequatetreatment and regular follow-up. Hence; we planned thepresent study to ass the importance of PAP Smear amongwomen visiting the department of gynaecology.Materials & Methods: A total of 100 subjects reporting to theOPD of gynecology department were enrolled in the presentstudy. A self-framed questionnaire was used for obtainingdetailed demographic data and clinical details of all thepatients. Cytological sample were obtained from all the patientsfrom ectocervix. All the samples were sent to laboratory werestaining of the sample spread slides was done using PAPstain. All the results were recorded and analyzed by SPSSsoftware.Results: Inflammatory findings were reported in 66 percent ofthe patients, whereas atypical squamous cells of undeterminedsignificance and Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesionwere reported in 12 percent of the patients each. Outof 40 patients with white discharge, 30 were found to haveinflammatory lesion on PAP staining. Non- significant resultswere obtained while correlating the clinical findings withpathologic findings.Conclusion: PAP smear testing is a very chapter and timesaving screening tool for detecting epithelial pathologies. Forroutine mass screening of women, its use should beestablished and should be done more frequently.
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PAP Smear, Awareness, Cancer Screening.
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Khatri Sawai, Dudi O.P., Choudhary Jogesh, Choudhary Nirupama. Assessment and Importance of PAP Smear: An Hospital Based Study in Gynaecology Department. International Journal of Medical Research Professionals. 2019 Jul; 5(3): 186-188