PAP SMEAR:WHAT IS IT?

Hi,everybody as i was writing about some gynaecologic diseases,in my previous posts,i thought today, of posting a brief review of PAP SMEAR.PAP SMEAR is a very a very important screening test to detect the precursor lesions for cervical cancer.PAP SMEAR OR PAP TEST is named after it's inventor Papanicolou.PAP TEST is done as an outpatient procedure in which cell from the cervical os[opening of the cervix] & endo-cervix[endo means inside] are collected by means of a spatula & an endocervical brush.These lining cells...

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