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Dysplasia usually causes false positive squamous cell carcinoma diagnosis.

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2003 MAR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A false positive squamous cell carcinoma diagnosis is usually found to be due to dysplasia.

According to recent research from the United States, "Cytologic features of squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) can mimic those of invasive squamous cell carcinoma. We compare and correlate the cytological findings of 19 false positive squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) with followup cone biopsies or hysterectomy specimens to define which type of dysplasia is more prone to diagnostic errors on cervical Papanicolaou (Pap) smears.

"Out of 128 patients diagnosed with invasive SCC from 1994-2000, 19 (14.8%) with followup cone…

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