The fern phenomenon (cervical mucus arborization) in a gynecological smear from a 42-year-old woman, indicating ovulation and high estrogen levels.
💕 A 42-year-old woman. The photo shows the characteristic “fern” phenomenon during gynecological smear microscopy. An incidental finding.
🥚 Mucus arborization is a sign of ovulation at peak estrogen levels.
🙏 The image was kindly provided by a clinical laboratory diagnostics physician, Anna Ivanova, Moscow.
Microscopy of cervical mucus: fern sign and arborization phenomenon in endocervical cytological smears with Papanicolaou staining.
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