Serositis

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Serositis is inflammation of a serous membrane.

General

  • Relatively common.
  • Seen in peritonitis, luminal performation.
  • May be surgical.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Neutrophils -- classically lined-up at serous membrane.

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UTERUS, UTERINE TUBES AND RIGHT OVARY, TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY, BILATERAL SALPINGECTOMY AND RIGHT
OOPHRECTOMY:
- LEIOMYOMATA WITH FOCAL DEGENERATIVE CHANGES AND HEMORRHAGE.
- NONPROLIFERATIVE ENDOMETRIAL GLANDS WITH STROMAL DECIDUALIZATION,
  CONSISTENT WITH EXOGENOUS HORMONES.
- RIGHT OVARY WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT PATHOLOGY.
- LEFT UTERINE TUBE FOCUS OF CALCIFICATION AND EDEMA, OTHERWISE UNREMARKABLE.
- RIGHT UTERINE TUBE WITH FOCAL ACUTE SEROSITIS (FAVOUR IATROGENIC), OTHERWISE
  UNREMARKABLE.
- UTERINE CERVIX WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.

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