Squamous metaplastic cells in cervical canal aspiration smears in women with ovarian function disorders.

Clinical findings and cytological data of 100 non-pregnant in-patients with squamous metaplastic cells in their cervical canal aspiration smears were compared to 100 randomly selected women without metaplastic cells, both groups having been diagnosed as ovarian disturbances. In women with squamous metaplastic cells more frequent cervical canal erosions, abnormal results of water-salt test and diagnosis of hypothalamic postpregnancy syndrome were stated. The findings together with the drift to the right of the Maturation Index, higher the Maturation Value and Eosinophilic Index and lower the Cytolytic Index, may suggest that the disturbances of the neurohormonal background are important in pathogenesis of the endocervical squamous metaplasia and that the latter may play a role in carcinogenesis.