General and Systemic Histopathology, C601&C602
Slide 61: Cervical dysplasia
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This can be a confusing
slide if you don't get oriented first. In the scan at the left you
can see both the endocervical and ectocervical regions. The big dilated
cystic, mucin filled glands in the middle are glands of Naboth. We
see these either in the endocervix or at the endocervical-ectocervical
junction. Use them as a landmark to tell where you are. If you squamous
epithelium over these glands, it almost always represents squamous metaplasia.
In this case, there's dysplasia as well. See this slide with the virtual microscope. |
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A higher power view of the surface epithelium. Look for the immature basilar cells carried far up into the epithelial covering. There are many mitoses as well as generalized atypia of the nuclei. |
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