Cervical cytology - PAP smear

• ASC-H
  22 September

  Definition : atypical squamous cells with high-grade lesions that cannot be excluded (ASC-H).

• keratinizing SCC
  9 March

  keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma
  Examples
  https://twitter.com/okoyeojay/status/1104064183493107712

• HSIL
  12 January

  The cells of HSIL have a high N/C ratio with smaller cell size than found in LSIL. They are hyperchromatic and have irregular nuclear contours. HSIL does not typically show koilocytic change on cytology.
  Images
  HSIL https://twitter.com/BellaMicheleang/status/784279128472117250 https://twitter.com/JMGardnerMD/status/841650655202803715
  H-SIL cells with "line of ants" appearance (...)

• Infections in PAP smear
  12 January

  See also
  cervical cytology

• atypical squamous cell
  12 January 2018

  atypical squamous cells; ASC
  Atypical squamous cells - ASC represent cellular abnormalities more marked than simple reactive changes, but which do not meet the criteria for squamous intraepithelial neoplasia (SIL). These cells are not of typical appearance and are, therefore, atypical.
  The Pap diagnosis of Atypical Squamous Cells (ASC) is the most common abnormal finding during cervical cancer screening and is reported in about 5 percent of all cervical screening tests.
  There are two (...)

• cervical cytology
  20 August 2017

  See also : PAP test / PAP smear

• parabasal cells
  24 April 2017

  Images
  Parabasal cells during postpartum. Glycogen and low N/C ratio https://twitter.com/sam_albadri/status/861331220432605184

• Cervical Adenocarcinoma In Situ on PAP test
  27 March 2017

  cervical AIS
  Open references
  False-Negative Interpretation of Adenocarcinoma In Situ in the College of American Pathologists Gynecologic PAP Education Program
  doi:10.5858/arpa.2016-0234-CP.
  http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.5858/arpa.2016-0234-CP

• Pap test
  27 March 2017

  Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, Pap smear, cervical smear, or smear test) WKP
  See also
  Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology
  cervical cytology
  Open references
  False-Negative Interpretation of Adenocarcinoma In Situ in the College of American Pathologists Gynecologic PAP Education Program
  doi:10.5858/arpa.2016-0234-CP.
  http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.5858/arpa.2016-0234-CP

• liquid-based cytology of cervical anomalies
  16 October 2016

  See also
  liquid-based cytology
  cervical anomalies

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