Question 1
In the Bethesda System for reporting cervical cytology, koilocytes are the hallmark cytologic feature of which finding?
Correct Answer:
Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL)
Question 2
Which interpretation should a cytotechnologist assign when squamous cells show nuclear changes that are more pronounced than reactive change but fall short of a definitive low-grade lesion?
Correct Answer:
ASC-US
Question 3
A liquid-based Pap shows clusters of squamous cells with high nuclear-to-cytoplasmic ratios, coarse chromatin, and immature cytoplasm. ASC-H is reported because the changes are suspicious for but not diagnostic of which lesion?
Correct Answer:
HSIL
Question 4
Which organism is identified on a Pap test by pear-shaped or rounded blue-gray trophozoites, often with eccentric pale nuclei and cytoplasmic eosinophilic granules?
Correct Answer:
Trichomonas vaginalis
Question 5
The classic 'shish kebab' or skewered appearance of squamous cells pierced by fungal pseudohyphae on a Pap test indicates infection with:
Correct Answer:
Candida species
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