Conventional versus liquid-based pap smear tests for diagnosis of cervical lesions

الملخص EN

Objective : to compare the results of manual Liquid-based Cytology, and Conventional Pup smear as confirmed by colposcopic-gttiited biopsy in the diagnosis of different cervical lesions, among women attending Sohag University Hospital outpatient clinic.

Patients and Methods : Three hundred ninety three women with cervical abnormalities revealed by clinical examination were evaluated by examination of cervical smears (197 manual Liquid-based Cytology and 196 Conventional Pap).

The results of the smears were confirmed by colposcopic-guided biojisy.

Results : Comparable findings were noticed by both the Conventional and the manual Liquid-based cytology as confirmed by biopsy.

Each test showed 97 % sensitivity & 34 % specificity in detecting specific inflammation, and 86 %, sensitivity & 34 % specificity in delecting malignancy in the cervix, with no statistical differences between them, as confirmed by biopsy.

Conclusion : The result of the manual liquid-based test is comparable to the conventional Pap smear test in detecting different cervical lesions.

In addition, it is cheaper, easy and suitable to be applied in our community.