DIAGNÓSTICO HISTOLÓGICO DE CÉRVIX UTERINO POR CITOLOGÍA DE BASE LÍQUIDA EN USUARIAS ATENDIDAS EN LA UNIDAD DE BIENESTAR ESTUDIANTIL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MANABÍ

Abstract

The Papanicolaou is a method of screening cells collected from the cervix and vagina for the diagnosis of cervico-uterine cancer, it presents some disadvantages that have motivated the creation of new techniques such as liquid-based cytology. The objective of this study was to characterize the results of liquid-based cytology of 312 users attended in the Student Well-being Unit of the UTM, based on the results obtained by the students of the Central Piedmont Community College University of North Carolina of the United States, in the free Papanicolaou campaign carried out in 2019. The methodology was descriptive, transversal, retrospective and quantitative. The results obtained were: age between 19 and 33 years 59%, urban residence 87% and beginning of sexual life ≤ 18 years 64%. The microbiological findings showed the presence of coccoid flora in 50% with a sample quality of 100%. The cytological study presented, according to the Bethesda system, 75% negative samples, with 13% low grade IEL and 11% Ascus. The background of the smears was mildly inflammatory in 52%, with a history of more than three positive previous cytologies in 34%. It is concluded that there is no relationship between the presence of intraepithelial lesion and the age of the patients (p = 0.3076)