Papanicolau Staining Flashcards
CYTOLOGY
highly specific and accurate technique used to differentiate_____ from other_____ or _____ disease
tumors
inflammatory or degenerative
suitable for screening purposes
Cytology
Advantages of cytology
ease of obtaining material
ease of processing
Pap Smear
developed by _______ in _____
Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou (George Papanicolaou)
1883-1962
Georgios Nikolaou Papanikolaou (George Papanicolaou)
Father of..
Modern cytology
a test in gynecological cytology
Pap smear
used for detection and prevention of cervical cancer and other cytologic disease of the female reproductive system
Pap smear
True or False:
Pap smear involves monochromatic staining of cytologic smear
False
multichromatic
Pap smear
demonstrates ____ and _____in various stages of maturation
same technique may be used to check____ in other specimen types
vaginal and cervical cells
malignancy
True or False
Pap smear is a reliable technique
True
used to differentiate cells in smear preparations of various bodily secretions
PAPANICOLAOU STAIN
Bodily secretions used in papanicolau staining
gynecological smears
sputum
brushings and washings
urine
CSF
seminal fluid
serous fluids
synovial fluid
FNA
tumor touch samples
Composition of pap stain
Hematoxylin - primary stain
OG-6 (Orange G) Counterstain
EA (Eosin Azure) counterstain
What is the primary stain in pap stain
Hematoxylin
What are the counterstains in pap stain
OG-6 (Orange G) Counterstain
EA (Eosin Azure) counterstain
Composition of EA
Eosin Y
Light Green SF yellowish
Bismarck Brown Y
nuclear stain; it is used to stain cell nuclei (Blue or Black)
Hematoxylin
What gives the color yellow to glycogen
Hematoxylin
responsible for the yellow color imparted to glycogen
‘unmordanted’ hematein
-6 in OG-6 denotes the used concentration of
phosphotungstic acid
OG-6 stains…
Keratin
original role was to stain small cells of keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma (sputum)
OG-6
This composition of pap stain contains 3 dyes
Eosin Azure counterstain
EA counterstain
contains two mutually incompatible chemicals:
Bismarck brown
PTA (phosphotungstic acid)
precipitates each other, impairing the useful life of the mixture and compromising the differential staining of eosin and light green.
Bismarck brown and PTA (phosphotungstic acid)
stains the superficial epithelial squamous cells, nucleoli, cilia, and red blood cells.
Eosin Y