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==Cockleburr== | |||
*[[AKA]] ''hematoidin cockleburrs''. | |||
===General=== | |||
*Rare. | |||
*Benign. | |||
*Associated with hemorrhage in pregnancy.<ref name=pmid8465632>{{Cite journal | last1 = Minassian | first1 = H. | last2 = Schinella | first2 = R. | last3 = Reilly | first3 = JC. | title = Crystalline bodies in cervical smears. Clinicocytologic correlation. | journal = Acta Cytol | volume = 37 | issue = 2 | pages = 149-52 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 8465632 }}</ref> | |||
Note: | |||
*Overlap with ''crystalline bodies''. (???) | |||
**''Crystalline bodies'' associated with pregnancy, and OCP use.<ref name=pmid8465632/> | |||
===Cytology=== | |||
Features:<ref name=asc_cockle>URL: [http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/normal/index.htm#cockle http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/normal/index.htm#cockle]. Accessed on: 10 April 2012.</ref> | |||
*Radiating crystal. | |||
*Refractile. | |||
*Classically golden-brown. | |||
DDx: | |||
*Sulfur granule of ''[[Actinomycetes]]''. | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/normal/images/cockleburrs%20%281%29.jpg Cockleburr crystal (cytology-asc.com)].<ref name=asc_cockle>URL: [http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/normal/index.htm#cockle http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/normal/index.htm#cockle]. Accessed on: 10 April 2012.</ref> | |||
*[http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/normal/images/cockleburrs%20%282%29.jpg Cockleburr crystal (cytology-asc.com)]. | |||
*[http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/normal/images/cockleburrs%20%283%29.jpg Cockleburr crystal (cytology-asc.com)]. | |||
==Carpet beetle larval parts== | ==Carpet beetle larval parts== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
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Features: | Features: | ||
*Slender long structure - fern-like. | *Slender long structure - fern-like. | ||
Note: | |||
*One may have a complete insect.<ref>URL: [http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/normal/index.htm#dustmite http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/normal/index.htm#dustmite]. Accessed on: 10 April 2012.</ref> | |||
Image: | Image: | ||
*[http://www.archivesofpathology.org/na101/home/literatum/publisher/pinnacle/journals/content/arpa/2005/15432165-129.6/1543-2165%282005%29129%5B809%3Aufics%5D2.0.co%3B2/production/images/large/i1543-2165-129-6-809-f01.jpeg Carpet beetle (archivesofpathology.org)]. | *[http://www.archivesofpathology.org/na101/home/literatum/publisher/pinnacle/journals/content/arpa/2005/15432165-129.6/1543-2165%282005%29129%5B809%3Aufics%5D2.0.co%3B2/production/images/large/i1543-2165-129-6-809-f01.jpeg Carpet beetle (archivesofpathology.org)]. | ||
==Radiation changes in cervical cytology== | ==Radiation changes in cervical cytology== | ||