Koilocytes with perinuclear halo on pap smear is pathognomic of?
ANSWER: (A) HPV infectionREF: Shaw's Gynecology 13th ed p- 78, The pap test by Richard M. DeMay page 49-50"Koilocytes, dyskeratocytes, macrocytes, etc. are some of the cytologic findings that are characteristic of condylomas (HPV). Koilocytes with perinuclear halo is pathognomonic of HPV infection"ConditionType of cellEstrogen dominated uterusNormal cornified cellsProgesterone dominated uterusIntermediate cellspregnancyIntermediate cells , Navicular cellsmenopausalBasal, parabasalHPVKoilocytes, dyskeratocytes, macrocytes with perinuclear halo.
HPV infection
Metaplasia
Dysplasia
Bacterial vaginosis
Aetiological factors