Hyperchromatic-crowded groups (HCG) in pap smears
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Evaluation and significance of hyperchromatic crowded groups (HCG) in liquid-based paps
OBJECTIVE Hyperchromatic crowded groups (HCG), a term first introduced into the cytology literature by DeMay in 1995, are commonly observed in Pap tests and may rarely be associated with serious but difficult to interpret lesions. In this study, we specifically defined HCG as dark crowded cell groups with more than 15 cells which can be identified at 10x screening magnification. METHODS We ev...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cytojournal
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0974-5963
DOI: 10.25259/cytojournal_76_2019