Dysplasia

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Dysplasia

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Malformation, malformation as a result of disturbed formal (=morphological) tissue and organ development. Cytologically, dysplasia refers to the irregular morphological appearance of a cell. For example, epithelial dysplasia describes a differentiation disorder of the surface epithelium. For the epidermis, the different degree of dysplasia is indicated by KIN I-III. CIN (stage I-III) describes cervical intraepithelial neoplasias as incipient precursor lesions for squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix uteri.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer