Fig. 4
ASC-US atypical repair (conventional preparation). In this image, cells are arranged in a 2-dimensional sheet with abundant cytoplasm showing a ‘pulled-out' or streaming effect. Nuclei exhibit pleomorphism of size and shape, and some cells have multiple nuclei. Most nuclei have prominent nucleoli. These changes, although indicative of a reparative reaction, may be classified as ASC-US because of the nuclear pleomorphism noted. In favor of a reactive process is the generally fine granularity of the chromatin pattern (From: The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology. Nayar R, Wilbur DC, (Eds), 3rd Edition, Springer, 2015.).