Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
I got a Pap done last week and I got the results back today. It says I am negative for an intraepithelial lesion of malignancy (NIL). And under specimen adequacy, it says satisfactory for evaluation. Endocervical and/or squamous cells (endocervical component) are present. What does this mean and should I be concerned?
Hi,
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Pap smear is a cervical cancer screening tool for gynecologists. Firstly, whenever a sample is observed under the microscope, the pathologist has to comment on the adequacy of the sample. Your cervix has ectocervix (containing squamous, flat cells), and an endocervix (containing endocervical- columnar cells) (attachment removed to protect patient identity), so if the smear is collected properly, it should contain both type of cells for assessing any kind of abnormality to detect signs of malignancy. Your report is perfectly all right, no need to worry.
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Answered byDr. Eeshani Dutta
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