One of the most effective ways to prevent cervical cancer is through a Pap smear test—a simple yet powerful screening tool ...

The scrapings are then observed under a microscope by a pathologist and reported. The Pap smear has been used for ... be stopped if last few reports were normal ...

In addition, errors in review of Pap smears have been attributed to the tedious nature of examining mostly normal slides, each of which has 200,000 or more cells. Figure 3. Dysplastic kilocytes ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the accuracy of the microscopic diagnosis of vulvovaginal candidiasis (presence of [pseudo] hyphae and blastospores) in stained vaginal smears in clinical practice.

Louise Ingham, 37, had a smear test in 2016 following previous cervical treatment. Her results were reported as normal, and she was told to return to routine screening. However, four years later ...

A colposcopy is an office procedure that uses a special microscope (colposcope ... Mild dysplasia may go away on its own, meaning the cervical tissue returns to normal without treatment. These cases ...