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Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endometrium_ocp_use3.jpg Endometrium of woman on an OCP (WC)]. | Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endometrium_ocp_use3.jpg Endometrium of woman on an OCP (WC)]. | ||
== | ==Atrophic endometrium== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Menopause happens at around 50 years old. | *Endometrium of normal postmenopausal women. | ||
**Menopause typically happens at around 50 years old. | |||
*Very common diagnosis. | |||
**Atrophy may be associated with bleeding and therefore biopsied to rule-out hyperplasia and malignancy. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||