Clinical cases

Cytology Case: Interpreting Changes in a Smear

A diagnostic cytology exercise: determine which patient clinical history corresponds to the microscopic changes in the smear.

Cytological smear for a diagnostic exercise at different magnifications
Cytological smear for a diagnostic exercise at different magnifications

🔬 CYTOLOGY EXERCISE The findings presented here (medium magnification – left, high magnification – right) are most consistent with a patient with which clinical history?

(a) After radiation therapy (b) Adenovirus infection (c) Reparative changes (d) Intrauterine device (IUD) use (e) Herpes infection 🔎 THE CORRECT ANSWER to the exercise will be available tomorrow at 16:00 MSK, but only to VK Donut Labformula subscribers