cervix


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  • Adequacy

    • satisfactory
      • squamous component present
      • endocervix/transformation zone present
    • unsatisfactory
      • insufficient squamous component
      • obscuring elements > 75%

  • NILM

  • Squamous

    • ASCUS
      • not enough koilocytes
      • not koilocytic enough to be LSIL
    • LSIL
      • good number of koilocytes
      • has good nuclear atypia, even if lack halo
    • ASCH
      • same as HSIL but not enough in quantity
    • HSIL
      • cells resemble parabasal or basal cells in size and configuration
      • nuclei often have uneven chromatin and are hyperchromatic
      • nuclear contour is often irregular
    • SCC
    • Other
      • LSIL cannot exclude HSIL
        • few dysplastic cells
        • extensive cytolysis
        • LSIL, with a small number of equivocal HSIL cells
        • extensively keratinized SILs, without definite HSIL
      • HSIL with features suggestive of invasive cancer

  • Glandular

  • Other

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