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- of cells topped with flat cells. These two linings converge at the squamocolumnar junction (SCJ). This junction moves throughout a woman's life. Cervical...
- body. It also may be a congenital problem by the persistence of the squamocolumnar junction which is normally present prior to birth. Mucopurulent cervicitis...
- above the esophagus/stomach junction (A rings), and those found at the squamocolumnar junction in the lower esophagus (B rings). Patients with Schatzki rings...
- mucinous columnar epithelium. However, after menopause, the functional squamocolumnar junction moves into the cervical canal, and hence the distal part of...
- transformation of cells of the cervix. CIN most commonly occurs at the squamocolumnar junction of the cervix, a transitional area between the squamous epithelium...
- more advanced pre-cancerous or cancerous lesions.[citation needed] The squamocolumnar junction, or "transformation zone", is a critical area on the cervix...
- squamous cell carcinomas (epidermoid carcinomas), that arises near the squamocolumnar junction. It may be keratinizing (basaloid) or non-keratinizing (cloacogenic)...
- Barrett (1903–1979), who in 1950 argued that "ulcers are found below the squamocolumnar junction ... represent gastric ulcers within 'a pouch of stomach .....
- Endocervical curettage is particularly useful in cases of colposcopy where the squamocolumnar junction is not visualized. The indications to perform endocervical...
- sample of (epithelial) cells is taken from the transitional zone, the squamocolumnar junction of the cervix, between the ectocervix and the endocervix. The...