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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
Automated-primary screening is frequently performed, but conventional smears have to be rescreened on coverslip edges because automated systems do not analyze cells near the coverslip edges because of focusing problems. This disadvantage can be overcome by obtaining conventional samples smeared in the center of the slide, e. g., by the Exact Touch (ET), a single sampler introduced by G. Saccomanno. PAPNET-assisted primary screening was performed on 263 samples collected by ET. The smears were classified as "negative" or as "review." The negative cases were rapidly rescreened but not near the coverslip edges. The review cases were fully reanalayzed by the optic microscope. Ten positive smears were identified among the review cases: 3 smears showed changes due to human papillomavirus, 3 low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, and 4 high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. The detection of abnormal cells was easy by means of the combined use of ET and PAPNET. The ET-PAPNET technique was very useful in analyzing conventional smears and in reducing the time-consuming process of detecting abnormal cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
8755-1039
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
242-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Usefulness of cervical collection by the exact touch, the saccomanno single sampler, combined with automated primary screening.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Cytopathology I, Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Rome University "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article