Remarks on the “Comments on the Publication of Munich Nomenclature III by the Cytology Coordination Conference” by A. Schneider and P. Hillemanns (Geburtsh Frauenheilk 2014; 74: 242–243)

It is gratifying that the authors of the Comments, one of whom is working at a university hospital and the other of whom is working in a private practice, generally commented favorably on the revised classification for the cytological diagnosis of cervical Pap smears, which will come into general use on July 1 of this year. Some of the criticisms voiced in the Comments were probably due to the authorsʼ being unaware of the original publication by the Cytology Coordination Conference, published a few months previously in a gynecological journal (Frauenarzt 2013; 11: 2–7).