Save. The length of time it takes the Internal Revenue Service to process a return, send a refund or apply a payment depends on several conditions, including the filing and refund delivery methods. The IRS, according to statistics on its website, processed more than 145 million individual returns in 2013.
Abnormal Pap Test - Cause. Most abnormal Pap tests are caused by HPV infections. Other types of infection-such as those caused by bacteria, yeast, or protozoa (Trichomonas)-sometimes lead to minor changes on a Pap test called atypical squamous cells.
ASCUS means that the squamous cells are slightly abnormal but the changes do not suggest the presence of precancerous cells. This result could be due to a vaginal infection or most often, due to HPV infection. Three out of four women with an ASCUS result on a Pap smear have no abnormal cervical cells on a closer look.