Decidualized endometrium

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Decidualization due to oral contraceptive pill use. H&E stain. (WC)
Decidua in a lymph node may mimic metastatic carcinoma. H&E stain. (WC)

Decidualized endometrium is endometrium with changes due to progestins.

Non-physiological changes are referred to some as pseudodecidualization or pseudodecidualized endometrium.[1]

Decidualization may be seen in a number of contexts:

References

  1. Luciano, AA.; Turksoy, RN.; Carleo, J. (Sep 1988). "Evaluation of oral medroxyprogesterone acetate in the treatment of endometriosis.". Obstet Gynecol 72 (3 Pt 1): 323-7. PMID 2970029.

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