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==Abnormalities of endometrium==
==Abnormalities of endometrium==
===Anovulatory endometrium===
===Disordered proliferative phase===
*Association: anovulation.
 
Features:<ref>{{Ref PBoD|1080 and 1082}}</ref>
Features:<ref>{{Ref PBoD|1080 and 1082}}</ref>
*proliferative type endometrium BUT cystic dilation of glands without secretions
*Proliferative type endometrium with:
*stromal condensation -- balls of stromal tissue, aka "blue balls" (due to breakdown of endometrium)
**Cystic dilation of glands without secretions.
**PROLIFERATIVE PHASE ENDOMETRIUM
*+/-Stromal condensation -- balls of stromal tissue, aka "blue balls" (due to breakdown of endometrium).
***glands: straight, tubular, tall pseudostratified columnar cells, mitotic figures, NO vacuolation, NO mucus secretion, mitoses
 
***stroma: cellular, stroma (spindle cells), mitoses
Notes:
*Proliferative phase endometrium:
**Glands: straight, tubular, tall pseudostratified columnar cells, mitotic figures, NO vacuolation, NO mucus secretion, abundant mitoses.
**Stroma: cellular, stroma (spindle cells), mitoses.


===Endometrium of a woman taking [[OCP]]===
===Endometrium of a woman taking [[OCP]]===
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