CERVICAL/VAGINAL CYTOLOGY N. Shayanfar MD Associate Professor of Pathology Tehran University of Medical Sciences
INTRODUCTION&HISTORY Dr.George N.Papanicolaou(1883-1962) Dr.Aurel A.Babes 1927 Dr.George Papanicolaou&Dr.Herbert F.Traut 1943
Microscopic Anatomy Vagina:Non-Keratinizing Stratified Squamous Cervix: Ectocervix:Non-Keratinizing Stratified Sqamous Endocervix:Tall Columnar Epithelium ُSquamocolumnar Junction Original Transformation zone
ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF SMEARS
THE BETHESDA SYSTEM Statement of specimen adequacy Epithelial cell abnormalities Others
ADEQUACY OF THE SPECIMEN Satisfactory for evaluation Unsatisfactory
Epithelial cell abnormalities Low grade intraepithelial lesion(LSIL) -CIN1(mild dysplasia) & HPV changes High grade intraepithelial lesion -CIN2,CIN3,CIS(carcinoma insitu)
LSIL
LSIL,HPV changes
HSIL