Difference between revisions of "Endometrium"

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**This is 'cause the gynecologist scrapes some off on the way in or out.
**This is 'cause the gynecologist scrapes some off on the way in or out.


===Endocervical glands vs. Endometrial glands===
==Telescoping==
====Endocervical====
:[[AKA]] ''gland-within-a-gland''.
:[[AKA]] ''gland intussusception''.
*Considered an artifact of tissue processing, i.e. normal.<ref name=pmid16873562>{{Cite journal  | last1 = McCluggage | first1 = WG. | title = My approach to the interpretation of endometrial biopsies and curettings. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 59 | issue = 8 | pages = 801-12 | month = Aug | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2005.029702 | PMID = 16873562 }}</ref>
 
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*[http://jcp.bmjjournals.com/content/59/8/801/F3.large.jpg Telescoping (bmjjournals.com)].<ref name=pmid16873562/>
 
==Endocervical glands vs. Endometrial glands==
===Endocervical===
*Less hyperchromatic.
*Less hyperchromatic.
*Nuclei round & small.
*Nuclei round & small.
*Cell borders usually well-defined.
*Cell borders usually well-defined.
====Endometrial====
===Endometrial===
*More hyperchromatic.
*More hyperchromatic.
*Nuclei columnar.
*Nuclei columnar.