Table 2.
Summary of cytological features
| Case | Single cells |
Cell shape |
Well- defined cell borders |
Cyto quality | Nuclear outlines |
Nuclear membrane |
Chromatin | Nucleoli number |
Background |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (CC) | Yes | C and P | In some groups | Occasionally foamy | Irregular | Thin | Fine | 1 | |
| 2 (CC ×5) | No | C and P | In some groups | Occasionally foamy, with rare vacuoles | Irregular | Thin | Fine to coarse; hyperchromatic | 1 | Acute inflammatory cells** |
| 3 (CC) | No | P | In some groups | Occasionally foamy | Smooth | Thin | Fine | 1+ | |
| 4 (PF) | Yes | P | Yes | Occasionally foamy, with rare vacuoles | Mostly smooth; some irregularity | Thin | Fine | 1+ | |
| 5 (CC) | Yes | P | Yes | Occasionally foamy | Smooth | Thick | Fine | 1+ | |
| 6 (PF) | Yes | P | In some groups | Occasionally foamy | Irregular | Thin | Coarse, hyperchromatic | 1+ | ** |
| 7 (CC) | Yes | P | In some groups | Pale, foamy | Irregular | Thin | Fine to coarse; hyperchromatic | 1+ | Diathesis and acute inflammatory cells** |
| 8 (IS) | Yes | P | Yes | Pale, foamy | Smooth | Thin | Fine | 1+ | Mucin |
| 9 (VC) | Yes | C and P | Yes | Pale, foamy | Smooth | Thin | Fine | 1 | Diathesis and acute inflammatory cells** |
| 10 (FNA) | Yes* | C and P | Yes | Pale, foamy | Irregular | Thick | Fine | 1+ | Diathesis and acute inflammatory cells** |
| 11 (VC) | No | P | Yes | Occasionally foamy | Irregular | Thick | Coarse, hyperchromatic | 1+ | Diathesis and acute inflammatory cells** |
| 12 (CC) | Yes* | C and P | In some groups | Occasionally foamy | Irregular | Thick | Fine | 1 | Acute inflammatory cells** |
| 13 (CC) | No | C and P | In some groups | Occasionally foamy, with rare vacuoles | Irregular | Thick | Fine | 1+ | ** |
| 14 (CC, PF) | Yes | C and P | In some groups | Occasionally foamy, with rare vacuoles | Irregular | Thin | Fine | 1+ | |
| 15 (FNA) | Yes* | P | In some groups | Occasionally foamy | Mostly smooth; some irregularity | Thin | Fine | 1+ | |
| 16 (PF) | No | C and P | In some groups | Occasionally foamy | Irregular | Thick | Fine | 1+ | |
| 17 (PF) | No | C and P | In some groups | Occasionally foamy | Irregular | Thick | Fine | 1+ | Mesothelial cells |
Abbreviations: C = columnar; CC, cervical cytology; FNA, fine needle aspiration; IS, imprint smear; P = polygonal; PF, pelvic fluid; VC, vaginal cytology;
*
Stripped nuclei also present;
**
Neutrophils admixed with some cell groups; 1+ = more than 1.
Note: All cases showed cohesive, crowded, three-dimensional cell groups exhibiting disorganized architecture.