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PURPOSE: To test the ability of analpaps performed with cotton swab smears to produce satisfactory cytologic readings as compared to traditional sampling materials. METHODS: 318 consecutive patients were examined at the Ambulatório Araújo Lima of Hospital Universitario Getúlio Vargas in the Anal Cancer Prevention Week and were sampled for the performance of analpap. 180 of these patients were randomly sorted to be sampled by either one of the following materials: cytologic brush, dacron swab or cotton swab. The ability of cotton in producing satisfactory anal cytologic readings as compared to dacron and cytologic brush was analised. RESULTS: There was no statistical difference among the materials employed in the ability to produce satisfactory citological readings in analpaps. (p > 0.05) CONCLUSION: Our results showed that cotton swabs were as efficient as dacron swabs or cytologic brushes in the ability to produce satisfactory analpap readings.
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Anal Canal/pathology , Anus Neoplasms/pathology , Cotton Fiber , Cytodiagnosis , Early Diagnosis , Female , Humans , Male , Reproducibility of ResultsABSTRACT
Appendices epiploicae can be the site of torsion and appendagitis. Diagnosis is currently being made by ultrasonography and computerized tomography. Expectant treatment is proposed based on the assumption that epiploic appendicitis is a self limited affection. A case of torsion of a sigmoid epiploic appendage is described. The condition was missed by abdominal ultrasonography. Correct diagnosis and immediate definite treatment were performed by videolaparoscopy.
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OBJETIVO: Testar se swabs de algodão hidrófilo são capazes de produzir esfregaços de secreção anal que permitam leituras citológicas satisfatórias ao Pap-a em comparação a métodos tradicionais de coleta. MÉTODOS: 318 pacientes sofreram coleta de material anal para a realização do Pap-a. 180 deles realizaram a captura de células anais com material sorteado (escova citológica, swab de poliéster ou cotonete de algodão). Foram comparados entre si os materiais usados para a coleta de secreção anal segundo a capacidade de produção de leitura citológica satisfatória. RESULTADOS: Não houve diferença estatística entre o algodão hidrófilo, o poliéster e a escova na capacidade de produzir leituras citológicas satisfatórias (p>0,05). CONCLUSAO: No material estudado, o algodão hidrófilo foi tão bom quanto o poliéster ou a escova citológica na produção de leituras citológicas adequadas no Pap-a.
