Gynaecologic cytology

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A Pap test showing a low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL). Pap stain.

Gynaecologic cytology, also gynaecologic cytopathology, is a field of pathology concerned with the investigation of disorders of the female genital tract.

The most common investigation in this field is the Pap test, which is used to screen for potentially precancerous lesions of the cervix. Cytology can also be used to investigate disorders of the ovaries, uterus, vagina and vulva.

Related
diseases

Cancers	Cervical cancer cancers Anal Vaginal Vulvar Penile Head and neck cancer (HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer)

Warts	genital plantar flat Laryngeal papillomatosis Epidermodysplasia verruciformis Focal epithelial hyperplasia Papilloma

Vaccine

HPV vaccine
- Cervarix
- Gardasil

Screening

Pap test:
- stain
Bethesda system
- Cytopathology
- Cytotechnology
Experimental techniques:
- Speculoscopy
- Cervicography

Colposcopy

Biopsy histology	Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) Koilocyte Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VAIN) Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN)

Treatment	Cervical conization Loop electrical excision procedure (LEEP)

History

M: VIR

virs(prot)/clss

cutn/syst (hppv/hiva, infl/zost/zoon)/epon

drug (dnaa, rnaa, rtva, vacc)

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