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... > Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Female Urogenital Diseases > Genital Diseases, Female > Uterine Diseases > Uterine Cervical Diseases > Uterine Cervical Dysplasia > Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions of the Cervix
... > Urogenital Diseases > Genital Diseases > Genital Diseases, Female > Uterine Diseases > Uterine Cervical Diseases > Uterine Cervical Dysplasia > Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions of the Cervix
Neoplasms > Precancerous Conditions > Uterine Cervical Dysplasia > Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions of the Cervix
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Morphological and Microscopic Findings > Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions > Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions of the Cervix

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Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions of the Cervix  

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  • A cytological test finding often from PAP SMEARS that shows abnormal lesions of SQUAMOUS EPITHELIAL CELLS of the CERVIX. It is a diagnostic criterion used in the Bethesda System for UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS and represents the PAP TEST result that is abnormal. Although squamous intraepithelial lesions test result does not mean UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS it requires follow-ups (e.g., HPV DNA TESTS; and COLPOSCOPY).

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  • 2015

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D065310

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