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 *[[AKA]] ''atrophy of the cervix''.
 *[[AKA]] ''cervix with atrophic changes''.
-===General===
+{{Main|Uterine cervix with atrophic changes}}
-*Common.
-*Post-menupausal.
-*Important to recognize and differentiate from [[HSIL]].
-===Microscopic===
-Features:
-*Cells smaller.
-*Cytoplasm grey/blue.
-*No "dancing"/"sparkling" chromatin.
-*No mitoses.
-DDx:
-*[[HSIL]].
-====Images====
-www:
-*[http://nih.techriver.net/view.php?patientId=93 Atrophic cervix (nih.techriver.net)].
-*[http://www.flickriver.com/photos/euthman/3884912676/ Atrophic cervix (flickriver.com/euthman)].
-*[http://www.eurocytology.eu/static/eurocytology/image/mod1newa.jpg Atrophic changes in the vagina (eurocytology.eu)].<ref>URL: [http://www.eurocytology.eu/static/eurocytology/TUR/cervical/LP1ContentLcontC.html http://www.eurocytology.eu/static/eurocytology/TUR/cervical/LP1ContentLcontC.html]. Accessed on: 13 December 2013.</ref>
-===IHC===
-*p16 -ve.
-*Ki-67 rare basal cells.
-===Sign out===
-<pre>
-UTERINE CERVIX, BIOPSY:
-- SQUAMOUS MUCOSA WITH ATROPHIC CHANGES.
-- BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM.
-- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA.
-COMMENT:
-A p16 immunostain is negative. A Ki-67 immunostain marks rare basal cells.
-</pre>
 ==Radiation changes of the endocervical epithelium==