Are squamous cells normal in the cervix?

Nowadays, many women have improved their awareness of health care, and many of them choose to have a health check once a year. Generally, for women over 30 years old, doctors will require cervical tissue to be taken for cervical puncture biopsy during routine physical examinations. Many women will consult professional gynecologists after obtaining the cervical puncture biopsy report. The most frequently asked question is what does the presence of squamous cells in the cervical examination mean? Let’s master it together below.

Squamous epithelial cell carcinoma refers to a pathophysiological transformation of cervical squamous epithelial cells. Under normal physiological conditions, cervical epithelial cells are covered by a layer of columnar squamous epithelial cells. However, under the continuous stimulation of cervical inflammation, this layer of columnar squamous epithelial cells begins to slowly change, and these cells are gradually replaced by squamous epithelial cells. When the biopsy tissue of the cervical os is taken for examination, the tissue will be cut into slices and processed. Under the electron microscope, it can be found that squamous epithelial cells account for the vast majority. This condition is medically known as squamous cell hyperplasia of cervical puncture biopsy.

Squamous cells belong to cervical epithelial neoplasia, abbreviated as CIN. Medically, patients diagnosed with cervical squamous epithelial hyperplasia have a much higher risk of developing cervical cancer than ordinary people. Therefore, squamous epithelial hyperplasia can be considered a precancerous lesion of cervical cancer. Cervical squamous epithelial hyperplasia is divided into grades I to III. The risk of lesions in different grades of squamous epithelial hyperplasia is slightly different, among which grade III squamous epithelial hyperplasia has the highest risk of lesions. Appropriate cervical intervention treatment can reduce the risk of lesions.

Squamous cell cervical biopsy is an atypical proliferation of cervical tissue, also known as epithelial cell neoplasia. Cervical cells are originally columnar squamous epithelial cells, but these cells may be covered by squamous epithelial cells under the stimulation of inflammation, resulting in squamous epithelial cell hyperplasia. When squamous cells appear, it means that your risk of cervical cancer is very high, so appropriate medical intervention should be given depending on the situation.