PATHOLOGIST VARIATION IN REPORTING CERVICAL BORDERLINE EPITHELIAL ABNORMALITIES AND CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA

Aims - To evaluate the interobserver variation in the diagnosis of cer vical intraepithelial lesions, including the new category ''borderline abnormalities of uncertain significance'' (BAUS) which has not been t ested before. Methods - Biopsy specimens of 122 patients were reviewed by five histopathologists and the diagnoses subjected to Ic statistic al analysis. Results - There was poor interobserver agreement in all c ategories, particularly between BAUS and normal tissue. Conclusions - The current guidelines for the histological diagnosis of cervical intr aepithelial neoplasia and BAUS are poorly reproducible.