ASCUS & Other Abnormal Pap Smear Results: What They Mean
2024年10月31日 · Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) is the most common abnormal finding from a Pap smear. It means that some of the cells from a Pap smear did not look entirely normal but did not meet the diagnostic criteria for a lesion (meaning an area of abnormal tissue).
HPV and Pap Test Results: Next Steps after an Abnormal Test
2024年6月6日 · Pap test results: What normal, abnormal, and unsatisfactory screening test results mean; Follow-up tests and procedures after an abnormal Pap test (Pap smear) or HPV test; Treatment for high-grade cervical cell changes
Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance
2023年4月24日 · The long-standing model of diagnosis has been by cytology using the Papanicolaou smear (Pap test) and biopsy, and most recently by liquid-based cytology (LBC). Other methods of diagnosis include HPV DNA test and colposcopy.
Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Test Results - ACOG
ASC-US is the most common abnormal Pap test result. ASC-US stands for atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance. “Squamous” refers to the type of cells that make up the tissue that covers the cervix.
ASCUS - Hopkins Medicine
Reflex testing of the Pap smear for the presence of high-risk HPV subtypes. Patients with high risk HPV undergo colposcopy. Patients without high risk HPV are followed closely.
Pathology Outlines - ASCUS (cytology)
2022年4月25日 · Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) refers to cellular changes that are suggestive, but not diagnostic of, low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL)
Pap Smears: When Yours Is Slightly Abnormal - AAFP
2003年6月1日 · The squamous cells of your cervix were slightly abnormal on your Pap smear. ASCUS may be caused by a vaginal infection or an infection with a virus called HPV (human papillomavirus, or wart...