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Cervix-Cytology

Normal cells / non-neoplastic findings

Degeneration

Reviewer: Xinmin Zhang, M.D., Temple University (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 14 June 2011, last major update August 2010
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Definition / General
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● Degenerative type changes due to delay in transfer of cells to the slide (air drying artifact), inflammation or atrophy
● More common on conventional than liquid based preparations

Terminology
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● Occasionally called retroplastic change

Cytology description
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● Cytoplasm is lost and moth eaten with vacuolization
● Chromatin is clumped, hazy, smudged or indistinct
● Chromatin rim has variable thickness and irregular contours, but no sharp angles of malignancy

Cytology images
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Degenerated cells

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