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SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL EXFOLIATED CERVICAL SQUAMOUS CELLS
Author(s) -
Murphy John F.,
Allen Josephine M.,
Jordan Joseph A.,
Williams Anthony E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00562.x
Subject(s) - ultrastructure , scanning electron microscope , pathology , electron microscope , biopsy , materials science , medicine , composite material , optics , physics
Summary The surface ultrastructure of normal, malignant and dyskaryotic exfoliated cervical squamous cells was examined with the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Normal and malignant cells were found to have very similar surfaces to those seen on similar cells in a biopsy specimen. Dyskaryotic cells, however, showed a large range of surface features and dyskaryotic cells that looked identical at light microscopy could be subdivided into three groups by examining their ultrastructural features.