Cervical Cancer Cases
The Pap Smear Case (continued)

In general, all abnormal Pap smears require a specific form of follow-up or treatment irrespective of the level of abnormality present. An excellent review of the current standards of practice with respect to the performance of Pap smears and the management of Pap smear abnormality is published by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology in their Practice Bulletin number 183. This bulletin and others regularly published by the College on various subjects of obstetrics and gynecology can be obtained from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology at 409 12th Street , SW, P. O. Box 96920, Washington, D.C. 20090-6920.

In addition, further references which may be helpful in the screening and preparation of a potential claim are listed below:

Meisels, Alexander; Morin, Carol. In Cytopathology of the Uterine Cervix, Philadelphia, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 1990. Koss, Leopold. In Diagnostic Cytology and Its Histopathologic Bases, Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1992. Bibbo, Marluce. In Comprehensive Cytopathology, Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1991. DiSaia, Philip J., Creasman, William T. In Clinical Gynecologic Oncology, Fifth Edition, St. Louis, Mosby, 1997. See soon, Meyers, J.I. , "The perspective of a plaintiff's attorney in dissembling the art of medicine as it relates to the interpretation and management of cervical smears," Pathology Patterns Reviews, Vol 116 (December 2001).

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