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Gynecologic cytopathology (view source)
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Candida_pap_2.jpg Candida on Pap test - example 2 (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Candida_pap_2.jpg Candida on Pap test - example 2 (WC)]. | ||
== | ==Trichomoniasis== | ||
===General=== | |||
*Caused by ''Trichomonas vaginalis'' - a protozoa. | |||
*Sexually transmitted. | *Sexually transmitted. | ||
*Common. | |||
===Cytopathology=== | ===Cytopathology=== | ||
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Notes: | Notes: | ||
*Trichomonas is tricky - it is easy to miss if one is not suspicious, in the context of inflammation. | *Trichomonas is tricky - it is easy to miss if one is not suspicious, in the context of inflammation. | ||
*May vaguely resemble a neutrophil: | *May vaguely resemble a [[neutrophil]]: | ||
**Flagellum useful to differentiate. | **Flagellum useful to differentiate. | ||
**Neutrophil has multiple lobulations of the nucleus. | **Neutrophil has multiple lobulations of the nucleus. | ||