Abstract
Classification, preparation, and interpretation of pap smears and utility of pelvic washings are discussed.
Keywords
- Pap smear slide preparation
- The Bethesda system
- Normal pap smear
- Atrophy
- Pap smear
- Maturation index
- Candida bacterial vaginosis
- Trichomonas
- Herpes simplex
- Actinomyces
- Atypical squamous cells of uncertain significance
- Asc-H
- Atypical glandular cells
- Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
- High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
- Adenocarcinoma-in-situ
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Endocervical adenocarcinoma
- Peritoneal washings
- Papillary serous adenocarcinoma
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Heller, D.S. (2015). Gynecologic Cytology. In: OB-GYN Pathology for the Clinician. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15422-0_14
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