Weeding atypical glandular cell look-alikes from the true atypical lesions in liquid-based pap tests: A review

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-17

  Wood, Moira D ^a   Horst, Julie A ^a   Bibbo, Marluce ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical glandular cells (AGC); Cervical glandular neoplasia; Diagnostic accuracy; Liquid based Pap tests (LBP)

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33846224808     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20589     Document Type: Review

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