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**"Exodus" pattern is a term used to describe exfoliation of endometrial cells during the proliferative phase. | **"Exodus" pattern is a term used to describe exfoliation of endometrial cells during the proliferative phase. | ||
***On [[pap test]]s this is associated with the classic double contoured balls of endometrial epithelium and stroma. | ***On [[pap test]]s this is associated with the classic double contoured balls of endometrial epithelium and stroma. | ||
*Proliferative activity is relatively common in postmenopausal women ~25%.<ref name=pmid15280405>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sivridis | first1 = E. | last2 = Giatromanolaki | first2 = A. | title = Proliferative activity in postmenopausal endometrium: the lurking potential for giving rise to an endometrial adenocarcinoma. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 57 | issue = 8 | pages = 840-4 | month = Aug | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2003.014399 | PMID = 15280405 }}</ref> | *Proliferative activity is relatively common in postmenopausal women ~25% and probably associated with a small increased risk of malignancy.<ref name=pmid15280405>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sivridis | first1 = E. | last2 = Giatromanolaki | first2 = A. | title = Proliferative activity in postmenopausal endometrium: the lurking potential for giving rise to an endometrial adenocarcinoma. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 57 | issue = 8 | pages = 840-4 | month = Aug | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2003.014399 | PMID = 15280405 }}</ref> | ||
**~17% of asymptomatic (unselected) postmenopausal women have proliferative endometrium.<ref name=pmid1872332>{{Cite journal | last1 = Archer | first1 = DF. | last2 = McIntyre-Seltman | first2 = K. | last3 = Wilborn | first3 = WW. | last4 = Dowling | first4 = EA. | last5 = Cone | first5 = F. | last6 = Creasy | first6 = GW. | last7 = Kafrissen | first7 = ME. | title = Endometrial morphology in asymptomatic postmenopausal women. | journal = Am J Obstet Gynecol | volume = 165 | issue = 2 | pages = 317-20; discussion 320-2 | month = Aug | year = 1991 | doi = | PMID = 1872332 }}</ref> | |||
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