TY  - JOUR
TI  - Evaluation of gynecological complaints of women having inflammatory changes in their cervicovaginal smears
AB  - Purpose: Inflammatory Pap-test is reported commonly,however, there is no consensus on its clinical significance.This study was to investigate the presence of gynecologicalcomplaints such as vaginal discharge, pruritus, burning,odor, and pelvic/abdominal pain in women who arehaving inflammatory changes in their cervicovaginalsmears.Materials and Methods: The cervicovaginal smears of854 women, between the ages of 18 and 76 (38.7 ± 11.18)years, were evaluated. Papanicolaou staining was used forcytological evaluation. For the diagnosis of inflammation,polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNLs) were counted inat least five visual fields (×100). PMNLs counts “above40” were recorded as inflammation positive.Results: Inflammation was detected in 115 of the 854(13.5%) patients; these were considered the study group.Cytological specimens with various types of infections andepithelial cell abnormalities were excluded from the cohort(n = 221, 25.8%). Patients without any infection (n = 518,60.7%) were accepted as the control group. In the studygroup, gynecological complaints including vaginaldischarge, pruritus, burning, odor, and abdominal painwere found at rates of 56.5%, 6.1%, 3.5%, 4.3%, and 7.8%,respectively. The presence of vaginal discharge wasstatistically significant in women with inflammation(56.5%) compared to the control group (25.9%).Conclusion: Vaginal discharge is significantly morefrequent in women with inflammatory changes in theircervicovaginal smears
AU  - DÖNMEZ, HANİFE GÜLER
AU  - Beksac, M.Sinan
DO  - 10.17826/cumj.784507
PY  - 2021
JO  - Cukurova Medical Journal
VL  - 46
IS  - 1
SN  - 2602-3032
SP  - 81
EP  - 87
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/429026
ER  -