Difference between revisions of "Uterine cervix"

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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
* Uniform cell spacing - no crowding - '''key feature'''.
* Nuclei are uniform size and round.
* Nuclei are uniform size and round.
** [[Nucleoli]] present.
** [[Nucleoli]] present.
*Distinct cell borders
* +/-Intercellular bridges (due to edema) - common.
* +/-Intercellular bridges (due to edema) - common.
* Uniform cell spacing, i.e. no crowding.


Negatives:
Negatives:
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*[[CIN III]].
*[[CIN III]].
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix]].
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix]].
Images:
*[http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/294722/view Squamous metaplasia - cervix (sciencephoto.com)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bronchial_squamous_metaplasia.jpg Squamous metaplasia - bronchus (WC)].
*[http://nih.techriver.net/patientImages%5C6676.jpg Squamous metaplasia - cytology (techriver.net)].


===IHC===
===IHC===
48,830

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