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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features:<ref>URL: [http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/uterus.html#endopolyp http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/uterus.html#endopolyp].</ref> | Features:<ref>URL: [http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/uterus.html#endopolyp http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/uterus.html#endopolyp]. Accessed on: 15 September 2011.</ref> | ||
#Large blood vessels (muscular) - '''key feature'''. | |||
#Fibrotic stroma - '''key feature'''. | |||
#Polypoid shape - epithelium on three sides. | |||
#*May not be seen... as polyp is fragmented on removal. | |||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
#Apparently benign polyps should be examined closely at the surface for in situ & invasive malignancies. | |||
#Endometrial glands may be out of phase with surrounding endometrium. | |||
**Often proliferative. | **Often proliferative. | ||
#+/-Cystic dilation of glands. | |||
#Cellular stroma. | |||
==Disordered proliferative phase== | ==Disordered proliferative phase== |
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