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=Uncommon benign=
=Uncommon benign=
==Uterine adenofibroma==
==Uterine adenofibroma==
*[[AKA]] ''adenofibroma of the uterus''.
*[[AKA]] ''[[adenofibroma]] of the uterus''.
===General===
===General===
*Uncommmon.
*Uncommmon.
*Benign looking lesions can reoccur.<ref name=pmid2351327>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Seltzer | first1 = VL. | last2 = Levine | first2 = A. | last3 = Spiegel | first3 = G. | last4 = Rosenfeld | first4 = D. | last5 = Coffey | first5 = EL. | title = Adenofibroma of the uterus: multiple recurrences following wide local excision. | journal = Gynecol Oncol | volume = 37 | issue = 3 | pages = 427-31 | month = Jun | year = 1990 | doi =  | PMID = 2351327 }}</ref>
*Benign looking lesions can reoccur.<ref name=pmid2351327>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Seltzer | first1 = VL. | last2 = Levine | first2 = A. | last3 = Spiegel | first3 = G. | last4 = Rosenfeld | first4 = D. | last5 = Coffey | first5 = EL. | title = Adenofibroma of the uterus: multiple recurrences following wide local excision. | journal = Gynecol Oncol | volume = 37 | issue = 3 | pages = 427-31 | month = Jun | year = 1990 | doi =  | PMID = 2351327 }}</ref>
**It has been proposed that these lesions are in fact well-differentiated ''adenosarcomas''.<ref name=pmid18941402>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gallardo | first1 = A. | last2 = Prat | first2 = J. | title = Mullerian adenosarcoma: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 55 cases challenging the existence of adenofibroma. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 33 | issue = 2 | pages = 278-88 | month = Feb | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318181a80d | PMID = 18941402 }}</ref>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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**Pale stroma and epithelioid/spindle cells.
**Pale stroma and epithelioid/spindle cells.
**Simple cuboidal (or columnar) epithelium with eosinophilic cytoplasm.  
**Simple cuboidal (or columnar) epithelium with eosinophilic cytoplasm.  
*Low mitotic rate.
*Nuclear atypia minimal.


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