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atypia
(redirected from koilocytotic atypia)

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atypia /atyp·ia/ (a-tip´e-ah) deviation from the normal.
koilocytotic atypia  vacuolization and nuclear abnormalities of cells of the stratified squamous epithelium of the uterine cervix; it may be premalignant.

atypia
[ātip′ēə]
Etymology: Gk, a + typos, without type
a condition of being irregular or nonstandard.

atypia [a-tip´e-ah]
deviation from the normal or typical state.

atypia
deviation from the normal or typical state.


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Koilocytotic atypia defined by Koss and Durfee (1956) and associated with HPV infection by Meisels and Fortin (1976) has been the most reliable indicative of cytomorphological lesions related to HPV (Yamamoto et al.
Unusual patterns of squamous epithelium of the uterine cervix and pathologic study of koilocytotic atypia.
 
 
 
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