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'''Decidualized endometrium''' is [[endometrium]] with changes due to progestins. | [[Image:Endometrium with hormone effect -- intermed mag.jpg|thumb|right|Decidualization due to [[oral contraceptive pill]] use. [[H&E stain]]. (WC)]] | ||
[[Image:Decidua in a lymph node - high mag.jpg|thumb|right|Decidua in a lymph node may mimic [[Lymph node metastasis|metastatic carcinoma]]. [[H&E stain]]. (WC)]] | |||
'''Decidualized endometrium''' is [[endometrium]] with changes due to progestins. It is a physiological response seen in [[pregnancy]]. | |||
Non-physiological changes are referred to by some as ''pseudodecidualization'' or ''pseudodecidualized endometrium''.<ref name=pmid2970029>{{Cite journal | last1 = Luciano | first1 = AA. | last2 = Turksoy | first2 = RN. | last3 = Carleo | first3 = J. | title = Evaluation of oral medroxyprogesterone acetate in the treatment of endometriosis. | journal = Obstet Gynecol | volume = 72 | issue = 3 Pt 1 | pages = 323-7 | month = Sep | year = 1988 | doi = | PMID = 2970029 }}</ref> | |||
''Decidua'' and ''decidualization'' redirect to this article. | |||
==Contexts== | |||
Decidualization may be seen in a number of contexts: | |||
*[[Pregnancy]]. | *[[Pregnancy]]. | ||
*[[Products of conception]] - decidualized endometrium and chorionic villi. | *[[Products of conception]] - decidualized endometrium and chorionic villi. | ||
*[[Secretory phase endometrium]] - especially late in the cycle. | *[[Secretory phase endometrium]] - especially late in the cycle. | ||
*[[Endometrium with changes due to exogenous hormones]] - as with [[oral contraceptive pill]] use. | *[[Endometrium with changes due to exogenous hormones]] - as with [[oral contraceptive pill]] use, known as ''pseudodecidualized endometrium''. | ||
*[[Endometriosis]] with decidualization - may mimic [[malignancy]].<ref name=pmid25755813>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kim | first1 = HS. | last2 = Yoon | first2 = G. | last3 = Kim | first3 = BG. | last4 = Song | first4 = SY. | title = Decidualization of intranodal endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 1025-30 | month = | year = 2015 | doi = | PMID = 25755813 }}</ref><ref name=pmid16123189>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sammour | first1 = RN. | last2 = Leibovitz | first2 = Z. | last3 = Shapiro | first3 = I. | last4 = Degani | first4 = S. | last5 = Levitan | first5 = Z. | last6 = Aharoni | first6 = A. | last7 = Tal | first7 = J. | last8 = Lurie | first8 = M. | last9 = Ohel | first9 = G. | title = Decidualization of ovarian endometriosis during pregnancy mimicking malignancy. | journal = J Ultrasound Med | volume = 24 | issue = 9 | pages = 1289-94 | month = Sep | year = 2005 | doi = | PMID = 16123189 }}</ref> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Endometrium]]. | |||
==References== | |||
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{{Disambiguation}} | {{Disambiguation}} | ||
[[Category:Gynecologic pathology]] | |||