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==Secretory phase endometrium== | ==Secretory phase endometrium== | ||
*Abbreviated ''SPE''. | *Abbreviated ''SPE''. | ||
===General=== | |||
*Secretory phase = luteal phase. | |||
**Gynecologists prefer the ovarian descriptor, i.e. ''luteal phase''; pathologists go by what they see, i.e. ''Secretions'' in the (endometrial) glands. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | |||
*Early secretory phase - post-ovulatory day 1-5: | *Early secretory phase - post-ovulatory day 1-5: | ||
**Glands: secretory vacuoles. | **Glands: secretory vacuoles. | ||
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***Then apical to the epithelial nuclei (supranuclear vacuoles). | ***Then apical to the epithelial nuclei (supranuclear vacuoles). | ||
Features: | |||
*Mid secretory phase - post-ovulatory day 6-8: | *Mid secretory phase - post-ovulatory day 6-8: | ||
**Glands: Mucus in glands. | **Glands: Mucus in glands. | ||
**Stroma: Edema (empty space around the glands). | **Stroma: Edema (empty space around the glands). | ||
Features: | |||
*Late secretory phase (beginning) - post-ovulatory day 9-12: | *Late secretory phase (beginning) - post-ovulatory day 9-12: | ||
**Stroma: | **Stroma: | ||
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Notes: | Notes: | ||
*Stromal condensation (stromal balls) - premenstrual - stromal cells tightly packed together; nuclei molded together like in small cell tumours.<ref>GAG. 6 Oct 2009.</ref> | *Stromal condensation (stromal balls) - premenstrual - stromal cells tightly packed together; nuclei molded together like in small cell tumours.<ref>GAG. 6 Oct 2009.</ref> | ||