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{{ Infobox diagnosis
{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| 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'''.
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jian-hua_qiao_md/3987000055/ CIN 1 (flickr.com/Qiao)].
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jian-hua_qiao_md/3987000055/ CIN 1 (flickr.com/Qiao)].
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/jian-hua_qiao_md/3986999903/ CIN 1 (flickr.com/Qiao)].
*[http://www.eurocytology.eu/static/eurocytology/eng/cervical/mod6img1a.html CIN 1 (eurocytology.eu)].
*[http://www.eurocytology.eu/static/eurocytology/eng/cervical/mod6img1a.html CIN 1 (eurocytology.eu)].


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UTERINE CERVIX, BIOPSY:
UTERINE CERVIX, BIOPSY:
- FRAGEMENTS OF SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM SHOWING DYSPLASIA, SEE COMMENT.
- FRAGMENTS OF SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM SHOWING DYSPLASIA, SEE COMMENT.


COMMENT:
COMMENT:
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COMMENT:
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A p16 immunostain is strong and diffuse in the lower aspect of squamous epithelium, and weak and patchy in the superficial portions; this is compatible with LSIL.
A p16 immunostain is strong and diffuse in the lower aspect of squamous epithelium,  
and weak and patchy in the superficial portions; this is compatible with LSIL.
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|2}}
==External links==
*[http://www.medecine.ups-tlse.fr/dcem1/histologie/courtade/CINtec.pdf Interpretation altas for p16 staining (ups-tlse.fr)].


[[Category:Uterine cervix]]
[[Category:Uterine cervix]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
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