EXFOLIATIVE CYTOLOGY OF MICROINVASIVE SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA OF THE UTERINE CERVIX - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 42 CASES

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 28  (4) , 457-460
Abstract
The cervical scraping smears from 42 cases [human] of microinvasive squamous-cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix with stromal invasion less than 3 mm were reviewed. Microinvasion could be suggested in .apprx. 60% of the cases by examination of the smears. The cytologic prediction of microinvasion was 14% in cases having stromal invasion less than 1 mm; it increased to 72.7 and 88.2% when stromal invasions were 1.1-2 mm and 2.1-3 mm in depth, respectively.