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Specimen Unsatisfactory

Pap smear specimens are considered unsatisfactory for interpretation if there are:

  • Inadequate numbers of well-visualized squamous cells present

  • Inadequate numbers of well-visualized endocervical cells or squamous metaplastic cells (from the transformation zone).

  • More than 75% of the cells obscured by blood or inflammation

  • Improperly labeled specimens

Usually, these Pap smears are repeated.

 

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