HISTOPATH Flashcards
Largest and most mature with pyknotic nuclei (pink colored)
Superficial cells
30-60 u cells in paps
Superficial cells
Polyhedral flat cells and cytoplasm may be acidophilic or basophilic
Superficial cells
Intermediate cells in paps size
20-30u
Polyhedral cells with basophilic cytoplasm with vacuoles
Intermediate cells
Found in the latter half of menstrual cycle, during pregnancy or menopause
Intermediate cells
May suggest progesterone-estrogen effect
Intermediate cells
Maybe found as a result of abnormal androgen stimulation
Intermediate cells
round to oval with translucent basophilic cytoplasm observed greatest at the center of the cell due to glycogen accumulation
Pregnancy cells
Round to oval (15-30u)
Parabasal cells
With strongly basophilic cytoplasm
Parabasal cells
F ound from 2 weeks of age to puberty, after childbirth, a bortion, and after menopause
Parabasal cells
Smallest cells in paps
Basal
Basal cells size in paps
13-20u
R ound to slightly oval cells with large nucleus occupying h alf or more of the cell volume, with strongly basophilic c ytoplasm
Basal cells