EXFOLIATING CERVICAL EPITHELIAL SURFACE IN DYSPLASIA, CARCINOMA INSITU AND INVASIVE SQUAMOUS CARCINOMA .1. SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC STUDY

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 20  (2) , 144-150
Abstract
The exfoliating epithelial surface in cone specimens of the human cervix with histologically normal epithelium, squamous metaplasia, dysplasia, carcinoma in situ and in cervical biopsies with invasive squamous carcinoma was studied by scanning EM (SEM). A cobblestone-like surface with anisovillosis seems to herald the appearance of malignant cells on the exfoliating epithelial surface. Postscanning histologic examination served as a diagnostic reference for the SEM findings.

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