Difference between revisions of "Negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy"
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'''Negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy''', abbreviated '''NILM''',<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sturgis | first1 = CD. | last2 = Schaaf | first2 = MR. | last3 = Tickman | first3 = RJ. | title = Focused rescreening of NILM Pap slides from women ≥ 30 years of age with positive high risk HPV DNA: an enhanced quality control measure. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 41 | issue = 5 | pages = 399-403 | month = May | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1002/dc.22829 | PMID = 22351303 }} | '''Negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy''', abbreviated '''NILM''',<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sturgis | first1 = CD. | last2 = Schaaf | first2 = MR. | last3 = Tickman | first3 = RJ. | title = Focused rescreening of NILM Pap slides from women ≥ 30 years of age with positive high risk HPV DNA: an enhanced quality control measure. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 41 | issue = 5 | pages = 399-403 | month = May | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1002/dc.22829 | PMID = 22351303 }} | ||
</ref> is the common terminology for - both of the following: | </ref> is the common terminology for - both of the following: | ||
*No [[SIL]] is present. | *No [[Squamous intraepithelial lesion|squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL)]] is present. | ||
*No malignancy is present. | *No malignancy is present. | ||
Revision as of 14:55, 24 October 2014
Negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy, abbreviated NILM,[1] is the common terminology for - both of the following:
- No squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL) is present.
- No malignancy is present.
NILM does not exclude the presence of other findings, e.g. candida.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Sturgis, CD.; Schaaf, MR.; Tickman, RJ. (May 2013). "Focused rescreening of NILM Pap slides from women ≥ 30 years of age with positive high risk HPV DNA: an enhanced quality control measure.". Diagn Cytopathol 41 (5): 399-403. doi:10.1002/dc.22829. PMID 22351303.
- ↑ Moriarty, AT.; Darragh, TM.; Fatheree, LA.; Souers, R.; Wilbur, DC. (Aug 2009). "Performance of Candida--fungal-induced atypia and proficiency testing: observations from the College of American Pathologists proficiency testing program.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 133 (8): 1272-5. doi:10.1043/1543-2165-133.8.1272. PMID 19653724.