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Inflammation Physiological reaction responsible for the presence in cervical smears of: - a significant population of inflammatory cells, - morphological alterations, non specific or specific (virus) of epithelial cells, - sometimes by the presence of one or more well identified pathogenic agents (bacteria, parasites …), - a dirty background. (see also: cervicitis) Cytopathology atlas

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