Normal Pap Smear

Epidemiology:

Common sites:

Gross features:

Cytologic features:

• nuclear size:
• use intermediate squamous cell nucleus as a reference
• same size as the lobes of a neutrophil in conglomeration
• benign glandular cell groups:
• cells close together in a honeycomb pattern
• nuclei respecting eachother’s space
• resetting
• scalloping borders of cell group
• squamous metaplasia
• well-defined, densely blue, round cytoplasm

Immunophenotype:

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Molecular features:

Other features: