Difference between revisions of "Gynecologic cytopathology"

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 ===Navicular cells===
+{{Main|Navicular cell}}
 Features:
 *Intermediate cells with:
 *#Folded edges.
 *#Abundant cytoplasmic glycogen - central yellow.
-Notes:
-*Cells often described as ''boat-shaped''.
-*May resemble the lenses of ''coke bottle glasses''.
-*Associated with: [[pregnancy]], contraception with medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-provera).<ref name=pmid10945902>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Volk | first1 = EE. | last2 = Jax | first2 = JM. | last3 = Kuntzman | first3 = TJ. | title = Cytologic findings in cervical smears in patients using intramuscular medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-provera) for contraception. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 23 | issue = 3 | pages = 161-4 | month = Sep | year = 2000 | doi =  | PMID = 10945902 }}</ref>
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