Difference between revisions of "Gynecologic cytopathology"

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*Extra-uterine.
*Extra-uterine.


===Adenocarcinoma vs. squamous carcinoma===
Adenocarcinoma vs. squamous carcinoma:
*"Feathering" - seen in adenocarcinoma<ref>URL: [http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/endocx/ http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/endocx/]. Accessed on: 13 September 2011.</ref> more commonly on smears.<ref name=pmid18335553>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Belsley | first1 = NA. | last2 = Tambouret | first2 = RH. | last3 = Misdraji | first3 = J. | last4 = Muzikansky | first4 = A. | last5 = Russell | first5 = DK. | last6 = Wilbur | first6 = DC. | title = Cytologic features of endocervical glandular lesions: comparison of SurePath, ThinPrep, and conventional smear specimen preparations. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 36 | issue = 4 | pages = 232-7 | month = Apr | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1002/dc.20782 | PMID = 18335553 | URL=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dc.20782/pdf }}</ref>
*Adenocarcinoma:
*"Birdtails" - seen on liquid preparations.
**Mucin vacuole.
**Eccentric nucleus.
*Endocervical adenocarcinoma in situ:
**"Feathering" - seen in adenocarcinoma<ref>URL: [http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/endocx/ http://www.cytology-asc.com/cec/endocx/]. Accessed on: 13 September 2011.</ref> more commonly on smears.<ref name=pmid18335553>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Belsley | first1 = NA. | last2 = Tambouret | first2 = RH. | last3 = Misdraji | first3 = J. | last4 = Muzikansky | first4 = A. | last5 = Russell | first5 = DK. | last6 = Wilbur | first6 = DC. | title = Cytologic features of endocervical glandular lesions: comparison of SurePath, ThinPrep, and conventional smear specimen preparations. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 36 | issue = 4 | pages = 232-7 | month = Apr | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1002/dc.20782 | PMID = 18335553 | URL=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dc.20782/pdf }}</ref>
**"Birdtails" - seen on liquid preparations.
*Squamous carcinoma:
**Orangeophilic cytoplasm.
**Central nucleus.


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