Cytology Of Inflammation Flashcards
Characterized by heavy infiltrate of lymphocytes and plasma cells
Chronic cervicitis
Absence of nuclei squamous epithelium has thick layer
Hyperkeratosis
Pyknotic nucleus is visible in deep orange
Parakeratosis
Form of chronic cervicitis in which subepithelial lymphoid follicles develop
Follicular cervicitis
Follicular cervicitis is associated with?
Chlamydia trachomatis infection
Due to changing position of SCJ
Squamous metaplasia
Cervix becomes lined by epithelium resembling fallopian tube or endometrium
Tubo-endometroid metaplasia
Cells with vacuolates cytoplasm and displaced nuclei (IUCD)
Bubble gum cells
Noted in users of oral contraceptives
Micrograndular hyperplasia and arias-stella reaction
Main cell involved in acute cervicitis
Neutrophils