A six-year experience with anal cytology in women with HPV in the lower genital tract: utility, limitations, and clinical correlation.

摘要: This study assessed the utility and limitations of anal cytology as a screening method for women infected with human papilloma virus (HPV) in lower genital tract. Furthermore, this aimed to establish risk factors pathological cytology/biopsy findings, prevalence anatomopathological lesions associated positive brushings, frequency concomitant tract. A cross-sectional, retrospective, descriptive 207 HPV-associated tract 25 immunosuppression was carried out. Anal cytology, high resolution anoscopy, biopsy suspicious were performed. In total, 232 brushings performed: 184 (79.3%) negative, 24 (10.34%) showed atypical squamous cells undeterminated significance, 18 (7.7%) low-grade intraepithelial lesions, 6 (2.6%) high-grade lesion. Cytohistological correlation obtained 70 cases. The sensitivity detecting 70%, whereas specificity 93%. (84%) higher, than that (66%). most frequently pathology vulvar lesion. It is important perform who have had biopsies due such patients. useful but low. It utmost importance high-resolution anoscopy order confirm pathology. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2014;42:396–400. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.