Koilocyte vs. Clue cell

[chickensoupdr]

I'm strangely having a hard time differentiating the two on histology. Any advice?

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[Northerncardinal]

Koilocyte will have raisinoid nuclei and they are due to HPV infection of epithelial cells.
Clue cells will just be regular vaginal epithelial cells that may appear in vaginal smear and they are covered by bacteria.