Difference between revisions of "Decidualized endometrium"

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Decidualization due to oral contraceptive pill use. H&E stain. (WC)

Decidua in a lymph node may mimic metastatic carcinoma. H&E stain. (WC)

Decidualized endometrium is endometrium with changes due to progestins.

Non-physiological changes are referred to some as pseudodecidualization or pseudodecidualized endometrium.^[1]

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Decidualization may be seen in a number of contexts:

Pregnancy.
Products of conception - decidualized endometrium and chorionic villi.
Secretory phase endometrium - especially late in the cycle.
Endometrium with changes due to exogenous hormones - as with oral contraceptive pill use, known as pseudodecidualized endometrium.
Endometriosis with decidualization - may mimic squamous cell carcinoma.^[2]

↑ Luciano, AA.; Turksoy, RN.; Carleo, J. (Sep 1988). "Evaluation of oral medroxyprogesterone acetate in the treatment of endometriosis.". Obstet Gynecol 72 (3 Pt 1): 323-7. PMID 2970029.
↑ Kim, HS.; Yoon, G.; Kim, BG.; Song, SY. (2015). "Decidualization of intranodal endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman.". Int J Clin Exp Pathol 8 (1): 1025-30. PMID 25755813.

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 *[[Secretory phase endometrium]] - especially late in the cycle.
 *[[Endometrium with changes due to exogenous hormones]] - as with [[oral contraceptive pill]] use, known as ''pseudodecidualized endometrium''.
-*[[Endometriosis]] - may mimic squamous cell carcinoma.
+*[[Endometriosis]] with decidualization - may mimic squamous cell carcinoma.<ref name=pmid25755813>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kim | first1 = HS. | last2 = Yoon | first2 = G. | last3 = Kim | first3 = BG. | last4 = Song | first4 = SY. | title = Decidualization of intranodal endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 1025-30 | month =  | year = 2015 | doi =  | PMID = 25755813 }}</ref>
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