..., cervical cytological abnormalities were present in 40 (6.7%). Most (37.5%) of the women with cytological abnormalities had atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance. Age at coitarche (<20 vs. ≥20 years: adjusted odds ratio, 2.42; 95% confidence interval, 1.21–4.83, p = 0.01) was the only...

... (HSIL) and possibly invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Due to morphologic overlap between reactive processes and these changes related to HPV, TBS includes equivocal categories that may be applied to Pap tests with uncertain morphology: atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US...

... infiltrate (>5 polymorphonuclear/squamous cells) in ASC in LBC (Surepath ® ) ( n = 751) Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance Infection human papillomavirus Cytology About 74% of the smears in our study were inflammatory in both groups, while there was no description...

... showing atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) attending the Program for the Detection and Control of Cervical Cancer in Bogotá, Colombia. Study Design: Cervical samples from 200 women with an ASC-US Pap smear were analyzed for the presence of HPV DNA and genotype distribution using...

... was conducted on 329 women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) and 77 women with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) out of a total of 4,215 participants in a multicenter, cross-sectional study. Liquid-based cytology and the Hybrid Capture 2 test (HC2) were used...

... the validity of utilizing whole-slide imaging (WSI) prepared from Pap CBs as a screening tool. Study Design: A total of 1,110 CB slides prepared from residual Pap samples were analyzed - 563 normal, 282 atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS), 12 atypical squamous cells-cannot exclude high...

..., human papillomavirus (HPV) involvement and estimated lesions. However, the judgment of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) using TBS features complicated diagnostic criteria and poor reproducibility due to the definition of ASC-US. Of patients diagnosed with ASC-US...

...Kiyotada Washiya; Makoto Motoi; Takako Kobayashi; Haruhiko Yoshioka; Jun Watanabe Objective: To increase the accuracy of the diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US), ASC-US were divided into high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV HR+) and non-high-risk HPV (HPV HR...

... Objective: We evaluated the performance of cytologic p16 INK4a (p16) immunostaining within a cervical cancer screening program for the categories of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LS after triage with high-risk human...

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...Haitham Nasser; Sylvia Hayek; Mamtha Balasubramaniam; Tomi J. Kuntzman Background: Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) remain the center of diagnostic controversy and patients’ stress despite recent advances in cervical cancer screening and the introduction of human...