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Re: ENDOCERVIC/EXTOCERVIX W/ SQUAMOUS METAPLASIAFrom: Helen (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri, 31 Jul 1998 01:34:14 +0100
In message <199807291651.LAA15560@talk.obgyn.net>, Helen <hpeel@shorenet.net> writes >Please translate this in laymans's terms. Are squamous metaplasia >precancerous cells? What is myomata uteri? What is the meaning of >inactive endometrium with diffuse stromal breakdown? >I would appreciate a profesional translation into laymen's terms. >Thanks! > >-- >Helen > squamous metaplasia is not precancerous. The cervix has two types of lining. There is the one down the canal into the womb (endocervix), and the one on the outside of the cervix in the vagina (ectocervix). During the month, and with hormones, the place where the changeover from one type to the other can be different. This is called the transformation zone, and is where the interesting bits happen that get looked at on your cervical smear. Squamous metaplasia is the term that describes the change (or transformation) from the endocervix type (columnar epithelium) to the ectocervix type (squamous epithelium) at the transformation zone. H Johnson
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