Cervical cytology: Difference between revisions
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|valign=center| Total number of cells = Average number of cells per HPF * || <u>Total size of area</u><br>HPF area | |valign=center| Total number of cells = Average number of cells per HPF * || <u>Total size of area</u><br>HPF area | ||
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Eventually you will be able to tell when most cases are adequate or inadequate without performing a detailed calculation. | |||
Also state whether the endocervical/transformation zone is present or absent. Count an endocervical component as present if there are 10 or more endocervical or squamous metaplastic cells.<ref name="CibasDucatman">{{cite book | last=Cibas | first=Edmund S. | last2=Ducatman | first2=Barbara S. | title=Cytology : diagnostic principles and clinical correlates | publication-place=Philadelphia, PA | date=2021 | isbn=978-0-323-63637-7 | oclc=1138033641 | page=9}}</ref> | Also state whether the endocervical/transformation zone is present or absent. Count an endocervical component as present if there are 10 or more endocervical or squamous metaplastic cells.<ref name="CibasDucatman">{{cite book | last=Cibas | first=Edmund S. | last2=Ducatman | first2=Barbara S. | title=Cytology : diagnostic principles and clinical correlates | publication-place=Philadelphia, PA | date=2021 | isbn=978-0-323-63637-7 | oclc=1138033641 | page=9}}</ref> | ||