Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion. a noncancerous condition that occurs when normal cells on the cervical surface are replaced by a layer of abnormal cells; classified as high grade or low grade
Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions
Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion. Term used in Pap test reports that includes dysplasia, CIN, and changes caused by human papillomarvirus. A noncancerous condition that occurs when normal cells on the surface of the cervix are replaced by a layer of abnormal cells.
like CIN, SIL is a term used to classify the degree of precancerous change in cells of the cervix in a condition called cervical dysplasia.
squamous intraepithelial lesion. a term used to classify the degree of precancerous change in cells of the cervix in a condition called cervical dysplasia.
see squamous intraepithelial lesion.
squamous intraepithelial lesion. abnormal growth of squamous cells. SIL particularly refers to abnormal cell changes at the squamo-columnar junction of the uterine cervix. Low-grade SIL is considered a precancerous condition. See also cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion. Detection of precancerous change in cervix cells.