Endometrial gland coiling

Endometrial gland coiling. (WC/Nephron)

Endometrial gland coiling is a benign change that can mimic endometrial hyperplasia.

Microscopic

Features:

• Glands appear stacked/focally crowded but there are large regular spaces between them.
• No nuclear atypia.

DDx:

• Complex endometrial hyperplasia.
• Secretory phase endometrium.

Images

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  EMGT - low mag. (WC)

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  EMGT - intermed. mag. (WC)

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  EMGT - intermed. mag. (WC)

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  EMGT - high mag. (WC)

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  EMGT - high mag. (WC)

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  CE - low mag. (WC)

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  CE - intermed. mag. (WC)

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  CE - intermed. mag. (WC)

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  CE - intermed. mag. (WC)

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See proliferative endometrium.

See also

• Endometrium.