Células escamosas atípicas cervicais: conduta clínica

Early diagnosis and screening of precursor lesions of cervical cancer are extremely important. The cytological diagnosis is still the main tool to prevention. The use of tests to detect DNA-HPV combined with cytology has been proposed, since there are epidemiological evidences that human papillomavirus (HPV) is a necessary cause for the occurrence of cervical cancer. According to the 2001 Bethesda classification atypical squamous cells (ASC), there are cytological changes suggestive of squamous intraepithelial lesion that are qualitatively or quantitatively insufficient for a definitive interpretation. It is subdivided into ASC-US (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance may not neoplastic) and ASC-H (atypical squamous cells is not possible to exclude high-grade intraepithelial lesion). The ideal follow-up for women diagnosed with ASC is controversial and there are doubts about how to accomplish it and the most appropriate treatment. The objective of this review is to evaluate the monitoring and treatment of women with cytological diagnosis of ASC. We performed a literature review of studies indexed in databases such as MEDLINE, PubMed and LILACS.