Significance of psammoma bodies in cervical cytology
โ Scribed by P. Joseph; D. N. Rana; J. Marshall; M. Desai
- Book ID
- 108706214
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 622 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0956-5507
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## Abstract Psammoma bodies (PB) are seen in a wide variety of gynecologic conditions. However, only a few reports address the incidence or significance of PB in cervicovaginal smears (CVS). Twenty patients with PBs in CVS were identified over a 5โyr period during which time 82,840 CVS were screene
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