How does Dysplasia differ from metaplasia in histologic terms?
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Correct answer: Dysplasia has disordered growth with atypia; metaplasia is benign, lacking atypia
Dysplasia describes abnormal, disordered cell growth with cytologic atypia (e.g., nuclear irregularity), indicating a pre-neoplastic change; metaplasia, by contrast, is a benign, organized replacement of one cell type by another, usually without atypia.
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