Prevalence of squamous intraepithelial lesions of low and high in women with Pap smear diagnosis of atypical cells of undetermined significance in the city of Maceió, Alagoas. / A prevalência de lesões intra-epiteliais de baixo e alto grau em mulheres com diagnóstico colpocitológico de atipias de significado indeterminado no município de Maceió, Alagoas.

AUTOR(ES)

Railda Fraga Costa

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

Introduction: The cervical cytology by the Papanicolaou method allows early detection of precursor lesions of cervical cancers and cytopathic changes, giving priority to women at greatest risk, providing diagnosis, treatment and follow-up with. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of squamous intraepithelial lesions of low and high grade in women with Pap smear diagnosis of atypical cells of undetermined significance in the city of Maceió, Alagoas, to determine the influence of age (in years) and the etiologic agents for STDs the risk of development of lesions and intraepithelial high-grade in women diagnosed with cervical cytology of atypical cells of undetermined significance. Method: A cross-sectional prevalence Tour held at the Health Care Salgadinho; Block Health Care of Women Maceió, Alagoas. We studied records of 253 women with Pap smear diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance in the period of one year. Results: The prevalence of intraepithelial lesions was 23.7% (60 cases): 14 cases with low-grade lesion, (26.7%) and 46 with injuries to top grade or carcinoma (73.3%). Conclusions: The prevalence of squamous intraepithelial lesions of high grade in women diagnosed with cervical cytology of atypical cells of undetermined significance was high, increasing the risk for the development of lesions was proportional to increasing age and there was a higher percentage of women infected with papillomavirus among the carriers with low-grade lesion.

ASSUNTO(S)

enfermagem ginecológica. 2. neoplasia intra-epitelial cervical 3. prevalência. 4. enfermagem. 5. prevenção de câncer de colo uterino. gynecological nursing. cervical intraepithelial cervical . prevalence. nursing. prevention of cervical cancer. enfermagem

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