Actualización de la terminología del Sistema de Bethesda para informe de resultados de citología cervical

The Bethesda System was first proposed at a workshop sponsored by the National Cancer Institute of the United States, held in the city of Bethesda, in December 1988. The meeting, attended by a host of cytopathologists, was motivated the need to standardize terminology and standardize the characteristics of the reporting of the results. He recognized the cytological report as a formal medical consultation and is cytopathologists ultimately, medical and legal responsibility of the cytological diagnosis.