The meaning of KOILOCYTOSIS is the presence of koilocytes usually in the anogenital region or the uterine cervix.
Koilocytosis is a descriptive term derived from the Greek adjectivekoilos, meaning hollow. Koilocytosis is pathognomonic, though not required, for the diagnosis of low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL). Koilocytes are squamous epithelial cells with perinuclear cavitation and nuclear featur...
Objective : We reviewed the meaning of koilocytosis in cytology and histology in diagnosing HPV-related squamous uterine cervix lesions.Study Design : We analyzed the frequency and differential diagnosis of koilocytosis by reexamining cytological specimens with low grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (...