Cervical cytology is a screening tool that helps to categorize patients for their risk of cervical neoplasm depending on the degree of shift from normal cervical cytology and the amount of the abnormal change seen. Since the cervix is subject to hormonal effects, the clinical context (exogenous estrogens, pregnancy, etc.) should be considered when evaluating cervical cytology specimens. The fir...

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of abnormal cervical cytology, as diagnosed using a liquid-based cytology technique, in pregnant women attending the Antenatal Care (ANC) clinic at Siriraj Hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study included 655 first-visit pregnant women who attended ANC clinic at Siriraj Hospital during June to November 2015 study period. After receiving r...

Purpose To assess the sensitivity of cervical cytology to cancer by pooling individual patient cytology results from cancers diagnosed in studies that assessed cervical screening in low- and middle-income countries. Methods Two authors reviewed studies identified through PubMed and Embase databases. We included studies that reported cervical cytology in which at least one woman was diagnosed ...

BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been implicated as one of the principal causes of cervical cancer, which is the second highest cause of cancer deaths among Nigerian women. OBJECTIVE This study was aimed at determining the presence of HPV DNA in abnormal cervical cytology of a group of women who were screened using Papanicolaou staining technique. METHODOLOGY A total of 200 women a...

A prospective study of cervical cytology was carried out on 350 consecutive female patients attending the central venereal diseases clinic (CVDC) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The main objective was to assess the proportion of abnormal cervical smears to emphasise the need to introduce routine cervical cytology screening in the sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinics in Sri Lanka. Data about each ...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of microbial enzymes in normal and abnormal cervicovaginal fluids of cervical dysplasia. The cervicovaginal infections were evaluated through the estimation of microbial enzymes in patients with and without abnormal cervical cytology like bacterial and fungal infections. The patients were categorized based on infection caused by organism and...

Cervical carcinoma is a leading cause of mortality from cancer among women worldwide. Oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV) are recognised as causative agents of cervical cancer and its precursor, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). It was shown that successful treatment of CIN results in clearance of HPV infection and treatment failure is accompanied by the detection of viral per...

This study aimed to evaluate the correlation and agreement between Siriraj liquid-based cervical cytology (Siriraj -LBC) and conventional cytology. A total of 479 women who attended the Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology Siriraj Hospital for cervical cancer screening were enrolled. For each woman collection of cervical cells was performed using VCE technique. After smearing cells on a glas...

UNLABELLED Self-sampling could increase cervical cancer screening uptake. While methods have been identified for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, to date, self-sampling has not provided adequate specimens for cytology. We piloted the validity and reliability of using a self-lavaging device for cervical cytology and HPV testing. We enrolled 198 women in New York City in 2008-2009 from three a...

Objective Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) and can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and chronic pelvic pain in women and increased risk of vertical transmission, conjunctivitis, and pnuemonitis in infants. It may also be a co-factor along with HPV in cervical cancer progression. The current study aimed to determine the prevalenc...