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PEDIATRICS Vol. 103 No. 3 March 1999, pp. 539-545

A Study of 10 296 Pediatric and Adolescent Papanicolaou Smear Diagnoses in Northern New England

Received Jul 8, 1998; accepted Oct 3, 1998.

Sharon L. Mount*, Dagger and Jacalyn L. PapilloDagger

From the * Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, and the Dagger  Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vermont.

Objective.  This study analyzes pediatric and adolescent Papanicolaou (Pap) smear diagnoses to determine the prevalence rates of squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL) as well as infectious and reactive processes in this age group.

Design.  A total of 10 296 Pap smear diagnoses from patients 10 to 19 years of age collected over a 1-year period and classified according to the Bethesda system were reviewed. This population was almost exclusively white, the majority residing in rural or suburban areas of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The percentage of abnormal smear results was then compared with data generated for older age subsets.

Results.  The following diagnoses were made on 10 296 Pap smears from patients 10 to 19 years of age: 7208 (70.01%) normal; 1689 (16.4%) benign cellular change; 1004 (9.75%) atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance; 388 (3.77%) squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL); and 7 (0.06%) atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance. A total of 1503 (14.6%) of smears showed infectious processes. Compared with the results of adult Pap smears collected over the same time period, the age 20 to 29 subset with 27 067 Pap smears and the age 30+ subset with 42 617 Pap smears showed 11.79% and 8.43% infectious processes and 3.49% and 1.27% SIL, respectively. Therefore, the highest rate of infectious processes and SIL was found in the subset of patients age 10 to 19 years.

Conclusions.  Because the development of SIL and hence cervical cancer is causally related to sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, this high rate of abnormal Pap smear results of both an infectious and precancerous nature in this population may reflect a high level of sexual activity among adolescent girls. These data reinforce the importance of implementing early cervical Pap smear screening in the sexually active pediatric and adolescent population.  Key words:  Pap smears, pediatric, cervical dysplasia, adolescent, cytology.




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