koilocytes
Koilocytes are abnormal epithelial cells with a distinctive appearance: a shrunken nucleus surrounded by a clear halo or cavity in the cytoplasm.
Their presence in cervical tissue samples indicates human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and signals potential precancerous changes.
Pathologists look for koilocytes when screening Pap smears for cervical abnormalities.
Common sexually transmitted virus
- wartsRaised skin growths
- papillomaBenign epithelial outgrowth
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- sexually transmittedPassed during sex
vaccination · Gardasil · viral replication · capsid · genital warts · transmission
Cancer screening via cervical cells
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
microscopy · diagnosis · dysplasia · precancerous · CIN · colposcopy · Bethesda system · specimen
Malignancy of the womb's opening
- carcinogenesisMalignant transformation process
- transformationThorough change in form
- progressionSequential forward movement
- malignancyCancerous, invasive growth
tumor suppressor · oncogenes · immortalization · cancer screening · prevention · anal cancer
HPV
Common sexually transmitted virus
- wartsRaised skin growths
- papillomaBenign epithelial outgrowth
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
sexually transmitted · vaccination · Gardasil · viral replication · capsid · genital warts · transmission
Pap smear
Cancer screening via cervical cells
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
pathology · microscopy · diagnosis · dysplasia · precancerous · CIN · colposcopy · Bethesda system · specimen · smear test
cervical cancer
Malignancy of the womb's opening
- carcinogenesisMalignant transformation process
- transformationThorough change in form
- progressionSequential forward movement
malignancy · tumor suppressor · oncogenes · immortalization · cancer screening · prevention · anal cancer
chromatin
Nuclear protein-wrapped genetic material
- cavitationPressure-induced void creation
- cytologyPap test, cell division, chromosome, cervical smear, chromosomes
- HPVHPV, HPV test, HPV screening, HPV vaccine, genital warts
- Pap smearsPap smear, Pap test, cervical smear, normal, negative
- gynecologyPap smear, cervix, pelvic exam, colposcopy, ovary
- cell inclusionsinclusion bodies, ferritin, glycogen, melanin, Howell-Jolly bodies
- DNA virusesparvovirus, polyomavirus, papillomavirus
cytoplasm, cytology, leukocyte, erythrocyte, lymphocyte, cytologists