Thin Prep pap test from a 30 year old woman with no prior history. There were no known high risk factors. She was currently menstruating at the time of her pap test. Low power magnification shows several scattered groups of hyperchromatic cell clusters. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
Higher magnification shows hyperchromatic crowded cell clusters.
All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Notice the nuclear stratification, which is suggested on this 2-dimensional picture by the darkly stained cluster of cells. If you look at the right edge, you can see some elongate stratified nuclei in this high power magnification. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. These photomicrographs show nuclear stratification and crowding.