What Does The Following Pap Smear Report Indicate?

Posted on Mon, 20 Mar 2017

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Mon, 20 Mar 2017 Answered on

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 Last reviewed on

Question : What does having parakeratotic cells present with my current pap smear mean?

Answered by Dr. Aarti Abraham (18 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
As below

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for trusting us with your health concern.
Just para keratotic cells alone do not mean anything.
Please upload the entire pap smear report so that I can go through it.
Do you have any symptoms or is it just a regular smear?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Take care

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Aarti Abraham (1 hour later)

Interpretation: negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy

Comments: Parakeratotic cells are present

Answered by Dr. Aarti Abraham (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
As below

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for the revert.
The report is absolutely normal.
Parakeratotic cells are just a normal variant of the cells found near the cervix.
Nothing to worry about in the report.
Take care

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Remy Koshy