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- BENIGN SUPERFICIAL EXOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM. | - BENIGN SUPERFICIAL EXOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM. | ||
- SCANT BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM. | - SCANT BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL EPITHELIUM. | ||
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==Menstrual endometrium== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Technically part of the ''proliferative phase'' or ''follicular phase''. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Non-proliferative endometrium. | |||
*Tightly packed cellular balls of stromal cells with nuclear moulding. | |||
**Known as "blue balls". | |||
**Tightly packed cellular stromal cells known as "stromal condensation". | |||
*Inflammation, esp. [[neutrophil]]s. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Small cell carcinoma]]. | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endometrial_stromal_condensation_high_mag.jpg Endometrial stromal condensation - high mag. (WC)]. | |||
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ENDOMETRIUM, BIOPSY: | |||
- CONSISTENT WITH MENSTRUAL ENDOMETRIUM: | |||
-- STRIPPED NON-PROLIFERATIVE ENDOMETRIAL GLANDS. | |||
-- STROMAL CONDENSATION WITH ABUNDANT NEUTROPHILS AND BLOOD. | |||
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