Hysterectomy for endometrial hyperplasia grossing: Difference between revisions
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Sampling in these specimens is important, as one wants to identify [[endometrial cancer]] if it is present or be relatively certain it is absent. | Sampling in these specimens is important, as one wants to identify [[endometrial cancer]] if it is present or be relatively certain it is absent. | ||
==Opening== | |||
===Orientation of hysterectomies=== | |||
*Less peritoneum on anterior (as the [[urinary bladder]] is there). | |||
**'''P'''osterior '''p'''eritoneal edge: '''p'''ointy (upside down triangle). | |||
***Anterior peritoneal edge: rounded/non-pointy. | |||
*Tubes on anterior-lateral aspect.<ref>{{Ref Lester3|425}}</ref> | |||
**Round ligaments posterior to tubes. | |||
==Protocol== | ==Protocol== | ||
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*[[Radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer]]. | *[[Radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer]]. | ||
*[[Hysterectomy for benign disease]]. | *[[Hysterectomy for benign disease]]. | ||
*[[Hysterectomy for endometrial cancer grossing]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|1}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[[Category:Gynecologic pathology]] | [[Category:Gynecologic pathology]] | ||
[[Category:Gross pathology]] | [[Category:Gross pathology]] | ||