Difference between revisions of "Endometrium"
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#*Some are normal during menses. | #*Some are normal during menses. | ||
= | =Normal endometrium= | ||
==Proliferative phase== | ==Proliferative phase endometrium== | ||
*Glands: straight, tubular, tall pseudostratified columnar cells, mitotic figures, NO vacuolation, NO mucus secretion. | *Glands: straight, tubular, tall pseudostratified columnar cells, mitotic figures, NO vacuolation, NO mucus secretion. | ||
**Key features: pseudostratification, mitoses. | **Key features: pseudostratification, mitoses. | ||
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**Gynecologists prefer the ovarian descriptor, i.e. ''follicular phase''; pathologists go by what they see, i.e. ''proliferative'' endometrium. | **Gynecologists prefer the ovarian descriptor, i.e. ''follicular phase''; pathologists go by what they see, i.e. ''proliferative'' endometrium. | ||
==Secretory phase== | ==Secretory phase endometrium== | ||
*Early secretory phase - post-ovulatory day 1-5: | *Early secretory phase - post-ovulatory day 1-5: | ||
**Glands: secretory vacuoles. | **Glands: secretory vacuoles. | ||