Smear preparation And Cervical smear

Question 1

TRUE OR FALSE. Smear preparation should be made from fresh material.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

TRUE OR FALSE.For direct smear preparation – material should be smeared evenly. Including the px identity (name, age, date and type of spx) is optional.

Answer 2

False. For direct smear preparation – material should be smeared evenly. the px identity (name, age, date and type of spx) must be included.

Question 3

Commonly received cytoprep.

Answer 3

Thin prep

Question 4

Thin smears are wet fixed in _____ to preserve ____ and _____ and help in the evaluation of nuclear changes.

Answer 4

95% ethanol; fine structure and chromatin

Question 5

TRUE OR FALSE. Air drying is avoided with smears for cytological detection of neoplasia because it changes the appearances of the cells.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

TRUE OR FALSE. Slides bearing blood or bone marrow smears, on the other hand, are usually air-dried.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

TRUE OR FALSE. Marrow smears are stained in perpendicular to sections of the bone marrow core biopsy.

Answer 7

False. Marrow smears are stained in parallel to sections of the bone marrow core biopsy.

Question 8

It is the commonest cancer that can be detected even at the pre-invasive stage.

Answer 8

Cancer of the uterine cervix

Question 9

It involves the microscopic examination of cell samples that have been taken primarily from the ecto- and endocervix, smeared on glass slides and stained by the Papanicolaou (Pap) method.

Answer 9

Cervical cytology screening.

Question 10

TRUE OR FALSE. When getting a pap smear procedure, the patient should abstain from coitus, not douche the vagina for at least a day, and not apply intravaginal preparations for at least one week before the examination.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

TRUE OR FALSE. Smears taken during menstrual bleeding is acceptable for pap smear procedure.

Answer 11

False. Smears should not be taken during menstrual bleeding

Question 12

TRUE OR FALSE. Collecting systems such as cotton swabs, wooden or plastic spatula, and cervical brushes, so-called cytobrushes, are generally used to collect gynecology cells.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

TRUE OR FALSE. In brush biopsies, more endocervical cells and blood may be present in the smears and this may lead to valuation difficulties.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

TRUE OR FALSE. Endo-cervical brushing is used strictly for taking materials from endocervix.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Excessively thin or thick smears can result in _______ (false-positive, false- negative) reports.

Answer 15

False- negative

Question 16

Are often used for ulcerated surface lesions to allow an immediate assessment of the lesion before fixation and processing of the tissue sample.

Answer 16

Impression smear