Endometrium with psammoma bodies

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Endometrium with psammoma bodies is an uncommon finding.

General

Benign findings reported with psammoma bodies on endometrial biopsy:[1]

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ENDOMETRIUM, CURETTAGE:
- PROLIFERATIVE ENDOMETRIUM WITH SMALL ROUND GLANDS AND SHEDDING, SEE COMMENT 1.
- ONE PSAMMOMATOUS CALCIFICATION, SEE COMMENT 2.
- BENIGN ENDOCERVICAL MUCOSA.
- NEGATIVE FOR HYPERPLASIA.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.

COMMENT 1:
The changes are suggestive of anovulatory bleeding.

COMMENT 2:
This is a nonspecific finding; psammoma bodies may be seen in a benign context, as
is the case here.

See also

References

  1. Fausett MB, Zahn CM, Kendall BS, Barth WH (February 2002). "The significance of psammoma bodies that are found incidentally during endometrial biopsy". Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 186 (2): 180–3. PMID 11854631.