Talk:Dysplasia

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Sorry if I screwed up the set up of the page, but this whole thing is quite new to me. I am a working cytotechnologist so this is a topic near and dear to my heart.

Go ahead! Very pleased to have you work on such a tricky article. JFW | T@lk 11:16, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

I rewrote the page to broaden its scope and differentiate 'dysplasia' from 'CIN'. Keep writing, MsSmith, your contribution is very precious. Emmanuelm 21:19, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Error?

Forgive me if I am wrong, but CIN cannot be diagnosed with a pap smear/LBC. Cytology only shows dyskaryosis which can be said to be consisten with CIN I, II or III. Colposcopy/biopsy is required to stage CIN. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.141.8 (talk) 01:16, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Additional comment: The text seems to imply that a pap smear can be used to diagnose any dysplasia or carcinoma. To my knowledge, It is only used in cervix cancer caused by Human Papilloma Virus HPV. To make a diagnosis you need a (preferrably rough-) needle aspirate of the tissue or other tissue sample. Andbir (talk) 21:16, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Consider addding some reference to staging vs. grading taxonomy? Andbir (talk) 21:16, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Dysplasia vs. Carcinoma?

The term Dysplasia does not infer that epithelial cells are involved, whereas carcinoma does? Andbir (talk) 21:10, 19 May 2008 (UTC)