IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-7-12-17483 Original Research Paper A study of cervical pap smear in a tertiary hospital. Singh Dr. December 2018 7 12 01 02 ABSTRACT

 Cervical cancer is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women in developing countries. Cervical cancer is readily preventable & can be diagnosed at the pre cancerous stage with adequate & repetitive cytological screening by Papanicolaou (Pap) smears. This retrospective study was conducted between April 2016 to March 2018.The aim of the study was to evaluate all the cervical smears done during this period to study the spectrum of lesions affecting cervix. A total of 104 cervical smears were obtained from female subjects aged 20 to 75 years suspected with abnormalities. The smears were subjected to Pap smear test and interpreted according to Bethesda system of classification 2001.The  subjects were grouped based on age as 20–45 years,46–55 years,56–65 years and 66–75 years and the age wise distribution of various types of cervical lesions were noted. Out of 104 pap smears examined, unsatisfactory / inadequate smears were 3(2.8%) which were excluded from the study. From the remaining 101 smears, 87(86.1%) were negative for intra epithelial lesions or malignancy, 13(12.8%) showed intraepithelial lesions and 1(0.9%) atrophic smear. ASCUS(12.8%) was the most commonly found intraepithelial cell abnormality seen in our study. ASCUS,AGUS and LSIL were more frequent in postmenopausal age group. Pre malignant and malignant lesion of cervix can be diagnosed with pap smear. The present study showed higher incidence of intra epithelial lesions in post menopausal women compared to other age groups