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***+/-Dyskeratotic cells. | ***+/-Dyskeratotic cells. | ||
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* † There is a size cut-off for criteria 2, 3 and 4: > 2.1 mm.<ref name=pmid7074572/> | * † There is a size cut-off for criteria 2, 3 and 4: > 2.1 mm.<ref name=pmid7074572/> | ||
*Dyskeratosis = abnormal keratinization;<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dyskeratosis http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dyskeratosis]. Accessed on: 5 September 2011.</ref> classically have intensely eosinophilic cytoplasm +/- nuclear fragmentation ([http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/karyolysis?db=medical&q=karyolysis karyorrhexis]) - see: [http://www.drmihm.com/pictures/Figure%203.jpg several dyskeratotic cells]. | *Dyskeratosis = abnormal keratinization;<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dyskeratosis http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dyskeratosis]. Accessed on: 5 September 2011.</ref> classically have intensely eosinophilic cytoplasm +/- nuclear fragmentation ([http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/karyolysis?db=medical&q=karyolysis karyorrhexis]) - see: [http://www.drmihm.com/pictures/Figure%203.jpg several dyskeratotic cells]. | ||
*[[Squamous metaplasia]] != neoplastic -- it may occur due to hormones.<ref name=pmid7748076>{{Cite journal | last1 = Miranda | first1 = MC. | last2 = Mazur | first2 = MT. | title = Endometrial squamous metaplasia. An unusual response to progestin therapy of hyperplasia. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 119 | issue = 5 | pages = 458-60 | month = May | year = 1995 | doi = | PMID = 7748076 }}</ref> | |||
*Squamous morules in endometrioid endometrial carcinoma - not associated with [[HPV]] infection.<ref name=pmid15333650>{{Cite journal | last1 = Chinen | first1 = K. | last2 = Kamiyama | first2 = K. | last3 = Kinjo | first3 = T. | last4 = Arasaki | first4 = A. | last5 = Ihama | first5 = Y. | last6 = Hamada | first6 = T. | last7 = Iwamasa | first7 = T. | title = Morules in endometrial carcinoma and benign endometrial lesions differ from squamous differentiation tissue and are not infected with human papillomavirus. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 57 | issue = 9 | pages = 918-26 | month = Sep | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2004.017996 | PMID = 15333650 }}</ref> | *Squamous morules in endometrioid endometrial carcinoma - not associated with [[HPV]] infection.<ref name=pmid15333650>{{Cite journal | last1 = Chinen | first1 = K. | last2 = Kamiyama | first2 = K. | last3 = Kinjo | first3 = T. | last4 = Arasaki | first4 = A. | last5 = Ihama | first5 = Y. | last6 = Hamada | first6 = T. | last7 = Iwamasa | first7 = T. | title = Morules in endometrial carcinoma and benign endometrial lesions differ from squamous differentiation tissue and are not infected with human papillomavirus. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 57 | issue = 9 | pages = 918-26 | month = Sep | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2004.017996 | PMID = 15333650 }}</ref> | ||
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