TY - JOUR AU - Khairwa, Dr Anju PY - 2022 DA - 2022/11/22 TI - Cytohistopathological Correlation of 884 Cervical Pap Smears as Bethesda System 2014: A Hospital-Based Study JO - OBM Genetics SP - 172 VL - 06 IS - 04 AB - Cervical carcinoma is most common in Indian women of which Rural women are predominantly affected. The most common etiological factor is human papillomavirus (HPV ). The present study aims to assess the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and different patterns of cervical Pap smears by comparing histological findings. The index study is a retrospective cross-sectional analytical study. The data was collected at the pathology department from May 2017 to December 2019 according to hospital ethical protocol. Cervical Pap smears received by the pathology department underwent Pap staining. A total of 884 Pap smears were satisfactory and included in the study. The age of enrolled women was 46.4 ± 9.7 years. 800 cervical Pap smears were reported as negative for intraepithelial lesion (NILM), and 84 Pap smears were reported as abnormal. Abnormal pap smears included 64 (7.1%) atypical squamous cell-undetermined significance (ASC-US), 9 (1.01%) low-grade squamous intraepithelial (LSIL), 5 (0.56%) high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion cannot be ruled out (ASC-H), 3 cases (0.33%) of high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), 2 cases (0.22%) of atypical glandular cell-not specific otherwise (AGC-NOS) and 1 case (0.11%) of squamous cell carcinoma. The cytohistological correlation was found in 56 patients, including 41.07% with chronic cervicitis, 26.75% with chronic cervicitis with squamous metaplasia, 5.35% with cervical polyps, 3.57% with CIN-1, 14.28% with carcinoma in situ, 7.14% with squamous cell carcinoma (keratinizing), 1.78% with squamous cell carcinoma (non-keratinizing) patients. Cytohistological correlation of 56 cases revealed sensitivity (83.33%), specificity (94.73%), PPV (88.23%), NPV (92.3%) and accuracy (91.07%). The cervical Pap test is cost-effective, almost as sensitive, and accurate as histology in screening for cervical lesions. SN - 2577-5790 UR - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.genet.2204172 DO - 10.21926/obm.genet.2204172 ID - Khairwa2022 ER -