Atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance and adenocarcinoma in situ: summoning colposcopic expertise?
Ferris, D.G.; Krumholz, B.A.; Jester, D.M.; Crosby, J.H.; Hanly, M.G.; Messing, M.J.
Journal of Family Practice 43(2): 181-187
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-3509 PMID: 8708629 Document Number: 465300
In comparison with cervical squamous neoplasia, glandular cell neoplasia is uncommon. The evaluation of a patient with atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance is challenging because subtle colposcopic signs are frequently inaccessible to view and cytologic interpretations are extremely challenging for many cytopathologists.
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