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A 30-year-old member asked:
What does an abnormal glandular pap smear mean?
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Dr. Lonna Larshanswered
Family Medicine 32 years experience
Glandular cells: It means that there are glandular cells that appear abnormal. This type of pap result needs close follow up to include additional testing as there's a pretty high percentage of there being a precancerous or even cancerous lesion present. You may need a colposcopy and a scraping from the inside of your cervix performed. Be sure to see your doctor for follow up.
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Dr. Ralph Boling commented
Obstetrics and Gynecology 41 years experience
Check endometrium as well
Sep 27, 2017
Dr. Barry Kahnanswered
Pathology 33 years experience
AGCUS: Abnormal glandular cells within a pap smear can come from the endocervical canal or from the endometrium. Likewise they can also be mistaken for squamous cells that line the outside of the cervix. Typically additional biopsies may need to be obtained to further investigate the cause of the atypical glandular cells in a pap smear, but it may depend on the specific history of the patient.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
What does an inflamed pap smear mean?
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Dr. Marina Landaanswered
Pathology 34 years experience
Inflammatory cells: Iflamed pap smear most probably means smear reveals a lot of inflammatory cells - predominantly neutrophils. Inflammation may be seen in presence of fungal organisms and trichomanas vaginalis, or just be a sign of chronic or acute cervicitis without any microorganisms.
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