CONVENTIONAL AND LIQUID-BASED CYTOLOGY
Conventional Pap smear – a test for early detection and diagnosis of cervical cancer.
The cause of cervical cancer is often cited as chronic infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV).
Other risk factors are:
- Early initiation of sexual life;
- Frequent change of sexual partners;
- Sexually transmitted diseases.
The cyton smear reports the presence or absence of abnormally altered precancerous cells and also provides information on inflammatory changes, infectious microorganisms and hormonal status.
Liquid-based cytology is the first real improvement on the traditional Pap smear. This test provides a new level of reliability and precision to the results obtained.
The advantages of liquid-based cytology over standard Pap smear are higher accuracy in the diagnosis of intraepithelial lesions, higher degree of accuracy in the diagnosis of high-grade genital tract lesions, reduced number of misinterpreted Pap smears and reduced number of false negative results.
Conventional Pap smear – 19 BGN /Cervical cell material /exo- and endocervix/, placed on a slide/
Liquid-based cytology – Pap smear – BGN 38 /Cell material from cervix /exo- and endocervix/ placed in special preservative liquid/
