“…Safi Oz et al 1 presented quite interesting data concerning cytomorphology of cervical cells of women infected with papillomavirus type 16. They showed that viral infection increases frequencies of (i) koilocytotic cell (squamous epithelial cells with perinuclear cavitation and nuclear features of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions [LSIL]), (ii) cells with perinuclear halo (a vacuolated area that surrounds the nucleus), (iii) cells with micronuclei (MN).…”