Difference between revisions of "Endometrium"
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***Greater than fours glands involved (dilated). | ***Greater than fours glands involved (dilated). | ||
*+/-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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*Dilated glands often have tubal metaplasia.{{fact}} | |||
*Eosinophilic syncytial metaplasia - common. | |||
**Features: abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, mild nuclear atypia +/-loss of nuclear stratification, no mitoses). | |||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
*[[Proliferative phase endometrium]]. | *[[Proliferative phase endometrium]]. | ||
**Glands: straight, tubular, tall pseudostratified columnar cells, mitotic figures, no vacuolation, no mucus secretion, abundant mitoses. | |||
**Stroma: cellular, stroma (spindle cells), mitoses. | |||
*[[Simple endometrial hyperplasia]] without atypia - architectural atypia diffuse. | *[[Simple endometrial hyperplasia]] without atypia - architectural atypia diffuse. | ||
*[[Benign endometrial polyp]]. | *[[Benign endometrial polyp]]. | ||
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