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*[[Endometrium]]: decidual reaction, as seen in any pregnancy. | *[[Endometrium]]: decidual reaction, as seen in any pregnancy. | ||
==Arias- | ==Arias-Stella reaction== | ||
*Large nuclei - to the novice... it looks really scary. | ===General=== | ||
*Benign atypical endometrial changes associated with chorionic tissue.<ref name=pmid11756756>{{Cite journal | last1 = Arias-Stella | first1 = J. | title = The Arias-Stella reaction: facts and fancies four decades after. | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 12-23 | month = Jan | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 11756756 }}</ref> | |||
**May be seen in a normal pregnancy, [[hydatidiform mole]]s, others. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Large nuclei - to the novice... it looks really scary; it can look like some sort of cancer. | |||
*[[NC ratio]] is preserved. | *[[NC ratio]] is preserved. | ||
*May see nuclear clearing.<ref name=Ref_DCHH236>{{Ref DCHH|236 (bottom)}}.</ref> | *May see nuclear clearing.<ref name=Ref_DCHH236>{{Ref DCHH|236 (bottom)}}.</ref> | ||