Neoplasia associated with atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance on cervical cytology

Gynecologic Oncology
S ZweizigL Resseguie

Abstract

The clinical importance of atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance (AGUS) on cervicovaginal smear has not been well defined. Between January 1990 and April 1996, 127 smears were reported as showing AGUS changes by the cytopathology division at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. The medical records of these women were reviewed: 17 women were excluded because of previous hysterectomy or gynecologic cancer, 85 were biopsied, 16 were followed by repeat smears, and 9 were lost to follow-up. Forty-four women had negative biopsies or cervicitis. There were 15 endometrial lesions: 10 hyperplasias (2 with atypia) and 5 adenocarcinomas. Twenty-five women had cervix lesions including 3 endocervical atypias, 12 low-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), 6 high-grade CIN, one adenocarcinoma in situ, and 3 invasive adenocarcinomas. One patient had ovarian cancer. Two of the 16 women followed by repeat pap smear eventually had a cancer diagnosis: one with cervix cancer and one with colon cancer. We were unable to identify a subgroup of women with AGUS who were at increased risk for serious pathology when we compared multiple demographic variables, symptoms, or the presence of coexistent squamous abnormaliti...Continue Reading

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