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*Uterine transplant - attempted.<ref>URL: [http://singularityhub.com/2011/06/18/in-a-medical-first-infertile-daughter-will-receive-uterus-from-mother-video/ http://singularityhub.com/2011/06/18/in-a-medical-first-infertile-daughter-will-receive-uterus-from-mother-video/]. Accessed on: 17 June 2011.</ref> | *Uterine transplant - attempted.<ref>URL: [http://singularityhub.com/2011/06/18/in-a-medical-first-infertile-daughter-will-receive-uterus-from-mother-video/ http://singularityhub.com/2011/06/18/in-a-medical-first-infertile-daughter-will-receive-uterus-from-mother-video/]. Accessed on: 17 June 2011.</ref> | ||
==Uterine adenomyosis== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Common - may be a cause of bleeding.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Reinhold | first1 = C. | last2 = Tafazoli | first2 = F. | last3 = Mehio | first3 = A. | last4 = Wang | first4 = L. | last5 = Atri | first5 = M. | last6 = Siegelman | first6 = ES. | last7 = Rohoman | first7 = L. | title = Uterine adenomyosis: endovaginal US and MR imaging features with histopathologic correlation. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 19 Spec No | issue = | pages = S147-60 | month = Oct | year = 1999 | doi = | PMID = 10517451 | URL = http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/19/suppl_1/S147.full }}</ref> | |||
*Associated with [[endometriosis]]. (???) | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Endometrial glands within uterine muscle - '''key feature'''. | |||
**Endometrial glands: | |||
***Circular. | |||
***Simple epithelial or pseudostratified epithelium +/- mitoses. | |||
**+/-Surrounded by endometrial stroma. | |||
***Densely packed spindle cells without [[nuclear atypia]]. | |||
**Blood: | |||
***Within glands. | |||
***Hemosiderin-laden macrophages. | |||
Note: | |||
*Can be thought of as [[endometriosis]] of the myometrium. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Endometrioid endometrial carcinoma]]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||