Difference between revisions of "Endometrium"

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*Proliferative type endometrium with:
*Proliferative type endometrium with:
**Cystic dilation of glands focally that do not have (glandular) secretions - '''key feature'''.
**Cystic dilation of glands focally that do not have (glandular) secretions - '''key feature'''.
***Usu. >2x normal.
***Glands >2x normal size - usu. 3-4x normal.
***Irregular shape, e.g. contour has inflection points.
*+/-Stromal condensation -- balls of stromal tissue, aka "blue balls" (due to breakdown of endometrium).
*+/-Stromal condensation -- balls of stromal tissue, aka "blue balls" (due to breakdown of endometrium).


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Images:  
Images:  
*[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740257010000997#fig15 DPE (sciencedirect.com)].
*www:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endometrial_stromal_condensation_high_mag.jpg Endometrial stromal condensation - high mag. (WC)].
**[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740257010000997#fig15 DPE (sciencedirect.com)].
*[http://www.glowm.com/resources/glowm/uploads/1225247516_03-50291-007_small.jpg DPE (glowm.com)].<ref name=glowm>URL: [http://www.glowm.com/index.html?p=glowm.cml/section_view&articleid=235 http://www.glowm.com/index.html?p=glowm.cml/section_view&articleid=235]. Accessed on: 11 December 2012.</ref>
**[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740257010000997#fig18 DPE (sciencedirect.com)].
*[http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/gyn-atlas/UT3431B.htm DPE (stonybrook.edu)].
**[http://www.glowm.com/resources/glowm/uploads/1225247516_03-50291-007_small.jpg DPE (glowm.com)].<ref name=glowm>URL: [http://www.glowm.com/index.html?p=glowm.cml/section_view&articleid=235 http://www.glowm.com/index.html?p=glowm.cml/section_view&articleid=235]. Accessed on: 11 December 2012.</ref>
**[http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/gyn-atlas/UT3431B.htm DPE (stonybrook.edu)].
*[[WC]]:
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endometrial_stromal_condensation_high_mag.jpg Endometrial stromal condensation - high mag. (WC)].


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