According to the 2001 Bethesda System, abnormal results can be classified as ASC-US or ASC-H (abnormal squamous cells of undetermined significance, or cannot exclude HSIL), but there is also LSIL and HSIL (low- and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions), as well as CIN 1, 2, and 3.
What do each of these classifications mean? Is CIN 1 more serious than ASC-H?
2007-03-21 12:43:34 · 3 answers · asked by Surely Funke 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
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2007-03-21 15:28:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cervical dysplasia is the abnormal growth of cells on the surface of the cervix. Although this is not cancer, this is considered a pre-cancerous condition. Depending on the extent of changes, the condition is further categorized as:
* CIN I -- mild dysplasia (a few cells are abnormal)
* CIN II -- moderate to marked dysplasia
* CIN III -- severe dysplasia to carcinoma-in-situ (cancer confined to the surface layer of the cervix)
2007-03-21 12:52:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dang i wish i could help you with all that. but i did want to chime in to say that they don't mean diddly unless a repeat smear in 3-6 months confirms the first one.
2007-03-21 12:52:35 · answer #3 · answered by MardyMar 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋