Pap Smear (Cervical Cytology)

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Papanicolaou-stained cervical smear for screening

Stains: pap unstained
Images: 3
Compatible Scopes: 6
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Normal Pap Smear — Papanicolaou Stain
Normal Pap Smear — Papanicolaou Stain

Normal Papanicolaou-stained cervical smear showing superficial and intermediate squamous epithelial cells. Cells are flat with small pyknotic nuclei and abundant pale cytoplasm. No dysplastic changes.

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Normal cytology — NILM (Negative for Intraepithelial Lesion or Malignancy)

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Cervical Cytology — Pap Stain
Cervical Cytology — Pap Stain

Papanicolaou-stained cervical cytology smear showing epithelial cells with characteristic staining pattern. Cytoplasm stains in shades of green and pink while nuclei appear deep blue-purple.

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Pap stain — standard cervical screening cytology preparation

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Pap Test Normal — Squamous Cells
Pap Test Normal — Squamous Cells

Normal Pap test showing mature squamous epithelial cells with abundant cytoplasm and small regular nuclei. No atypical cells or dysplastic changes present. Consistent with NILM classification.

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Normal squamous cells — small nuclei, abundant cytoplasm, no atypia

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Compatible Microscopes

Model Manufacturer Type Magnification Range NA Max Resolution
VHX-7000 Keyence Digital Microscope 0.1–6000× 100 nm
DM6 B Leica Microsystems Upright Optical 1.25–100× 1.4 200 nm
Eclipse Ni Nikon Upright Optical 2–100× 1.4 200 nm
BX53 Olympus (Evident) Upright Optical 2–100× 1.4 200 nm
Axio Imager 2 Zeiss Upright Optical 1.25–100× 1.4 200 nm
Primostar 3 Zeiss Upright Optical 4–100× 1.25 350 nm