Difference between revisions of "Endometrium"
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*Benign atypical endometrial changes associated with chorionic tissue -- may be seen in a completely normal pregnancy and misdiagnosed as a malignancy.<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> | *Benign atypical endometrial changes associated with chorionic tissue -- may be seen in a completely normal pregnancy and misdiagnosed as a malignancy.<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> | ||
==Endometritis== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Post-delivery. | |||
*Post-instrumentation, e.g. previous biopsy. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
====Acute==== | |||
Features: | |||
*Neutrophils clusters (>5 PMNs) in the: | |||
**Endometrial stroma. | |||
**Within uterine glands. | |||
Notes: | |||
*Neutrophils are normal in the context of menses. | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/gyn-atlas/UT53.10.1.htm Acute endometritis (stonybrook.edu)]. | |||
====Chronic==== | |||
Features: | |||
*Plasma cells with in the endometrial stroma - '''key feature'''. | |||
Notes: | |||
*One plasma cell is not enough to call it. | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=565 ]Chronic endometritis (webpathology.com)]. | |||
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=3&Case=565 Chronic endometritis (webpathology.com)]. | |||
==Endometrial polyp== | ==Endometrial polyp== | ||