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| Image = Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion -- high mag.jpg | | Image = Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion -- high mag.jpg | ||
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| Caption = LSIL. [[H&E stain]]. | | Caption = LSIL. [[H&E stain]]. | ||
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'''Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion''', abbreviated '''LSIL''', is a pre-cancerous lesions of the [[uterine cervix]]. | '''Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion''', abbreviated '''LSIL''', is a pre-cancerous lesions of the [[uterine cervix]]. | ||
Increasingly, the term is being applied to other anatomical sites, e.g. [[vagina]]. | Increasingly, the term is being applied to other anatomical sites, e.g. [[vagina]], [[anal intraepithelial lesions|anus]]. | ||
It is in the larger category of '''[[Squamous intraepithelial lesion of the uterine cervix|squamous intraepithelial lesion]]''', abbreviated '''SIL'''. | It is in the larger category of '''[[Squamous intraepithelial lesion of the uterine cervix|squamous intraepithelial lesion]]''', abbreviated '''SIL'''. | ||