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Re: Please Help! Pap results/SECOND REQUESTFrom: Barb (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 10 Apr 1999 11:14:29 -0500 (CDT)
Thank you for your timely response. I was just a little concerned because under reasoning for having endo biopsy she had listed abnormal pap. I quess that was worry for nothing. Thank you again. At Sat, 10 Apr 1999, J.Glenn Bradley MD wrote: > >At Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Barb wrote: >> >>At Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Barb wrote: >>> >>>I had a pap in Feb. Results sent from dr. office was normal. Had a >>>endometrial biopsy 2 weeks ago and when asked dr. why this was being >>>done she stated ultrasound showed slightly thick endometrium and >>>abnormal pap. Endo biopsy report she states was normal. Finding a new >>>dr. and requested copy of chart. Results of last pap from feb. shows >>>pap smear, cervix: benign. Reactive squamous metaplasia. What is >>>reactive squamous metaplasia. >>> >>>Also states adequacy: satisfactory. Endocervical sampling seen. What >>>does that mean? >>> >>>Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. The sooner the better!!! > >Squamous metaplasia is a normal transformation process whereby the cells >at the "junction" of the outside of the cervix meet the cells that are >found in the canal of the cervix. Squamous cells under the microscope >look like fish-scales; the cells in the canal look like a picket fence >as they are lined up in columns.When the columnar cells are exposed to >the acid environment of the vagina, they begin to be transformed into >squamous cells. Their appearance is noted by this term of "squamous >metsplasia" . It is of no significance as it is a normal process. > >Dr.B
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