Case Study: Cervical Cytology
Ms. Sanchez is a 28-year-old woman, who had a pap smear a few weeks ago. You have brought her back to explain her pap smear results. Her results read as follows: ASCUS (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance) LGSIL (low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions noted) cannot exclude HGSIL.
1) How would you explain this to the patient?
2) What is your plan of care based on ASCCP (American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology) guidelines?
3) How often would you repeat her pap smear?
4) Where in the cervix is LGSIL commonly found?
5) What is the advantage of using a liquid-based cytology method?