What Does This Pap Smear Report Indicate?

Posted on Mon, 7 Nov 2016

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Mon, 7 Nov 2016 Answered on

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Question : My Pap smear came back with "abnormalities." The nurse said there were squamous cells present and HPV, but "not the dangerous kind." The doctor wants to see me in six months.

My question is, what exactly does this mean? Is it cancer? Pre-cancer? And why wait six months?

Thank you

Answered by Dr. Dr. Ivan Romich (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
no cancer nor precancer

Detailed Answer:
Hi and welcome.
It is normal that squamous cells are present on papa smear and you have detected HPV virus which is obviously not type 16 or 18 which are ale to cause cervical cancer. So there are no suspicous cells or suspicious tissue and there is no carcinogenic type of HPV. it means that there is no danger of malignancy and 6 months is even to short period for follow up and generally it is recommended to repeat PAPA in 1 years if results are like this. Wish you good health. Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T