Study of vaginal cytology among patients in Menoufyia Hospitals

ABSTRACT

Evaluation of the different cervical lesions, especially premalignant lesions among patients attending the outpatient clinics in Menoufyia Hospitals through application of Papanicoulaou smear [Pap smear]. Pap smear was done for a randomly selected 502 patients attending the gynecological outpatient clinics of Menoufyia University Hospital, Shebin El-Kom Teaching Hospital and Menouf General Hospital. Colposcopy and directed biopsy were done in eighty patients. Normal vaginal smear was the diagnosis in 62.7% of the studied group, while non-specific infection was found in 6.2%, human papilloma virus [HPV] infection was diagnosed in 7.2% of cases. Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN] and invasive cervical neoplasia were diagnosed in 1.2% and 0.2% respectively. A program for cervical early cancer detection and treatment in Menoufyia is advisable due to considerable occurrence of premalignant cervical lesions