"Arias-Stella reaction"-like changes in endocervical glandular epithelium in cervical smears during pregnancy and postpartum states - A potential diagnostic pitfall

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-355

  Benoit, J L ^b   Kini, S R ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arias Stella; Cervical smears; Cytology; Postpartum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CURETTAGE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0029934033     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199605)14:4<349::AID-DC13>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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