All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Thin Prep pap test from a young woman with no prior history. Low power magnification shows a cluster of superficial cells on the left an a group of metaplastic cells with slightly increased nuclear hyperchromasia at this power. It is difficult at this power to accurately assess their significance. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
Higher magnification shows metaplastic cells with slight nuclear enlargement.
Compare nucleus to the intermediate cell nucleus on the lower left and to the scattered neutrophils. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. At higher magnification, one can see nuclear enlargement about 3x that of a normal intermediate cell nucleus or neutrophil. Nuclear membranes are smooth, and the chromatin pattern is not clearly dysplastic. There is some mild perinuclear clearing, that may be reactive.