PREVALENCIA Y CARACTERIZA-CIÓN DE LESIONES INTRAEPITELIALES CERVICALES

Cervical cancer is the third in the world and the second in underdeveloped countries such as Ecuador. Intraepithelial lesions have increased, therefore, malignant lesions with increased mortality, being a health problem for which the Papanicolaou is considered ideal for its detection. A retrospective study with a quantitative approach was carried out using an observational, descriptive cross-sectional design. Where 451 medical records of patients who underwent the Pap test were analyzed, where 86.7% of the reports presented abnormalities such as: intraepithelial, inflammatory, infectious lesions and/ or atrophy; 6.9% were normal and 6.4% unsatisfactory for evaluation. Determining that the prevalence of intraepithelial lesions was 10.1%, representing 9.2% for squamous cell abnormalities and 0.9% for glandular cell abnormalities, all of which were reported as atypical glandular cells not otherwise specified (AGC-NOS), concluding that The prevalence of intraepithelial lesions is in correlation with studies reported in the literature, although it should be taken into account that there is a great deficiency in terms of taking cytological samples, so their prevalence could increase.