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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. | ||
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*Proliferative phase = follicular phase. | |||
**Gynecologists prefer the ovarian descriptor, i.e. ''follicular phase''; pathologists go by what they see, i.e. ''proliferative'' endometrium. | |||
*When the patient is >40 years, some advocate the use of the term ''proliferative type endometrium'' (instead of the term ''proliferative endometrium'').<ref>GAG. January 2009.</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
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**Mitoses. | **Mitoses. | ||
***Usually harder to find than in the glands. | ***Usually harder to find than in the glands. | ||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
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*[[Endometrial hyperplasia]]. | *[[Endometrial hyperplasia]]. | ||
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*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/FEMHTML/FEM017.html Proliferative phase endometrium (utah.edu)]. | *[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/FEMHTML/FEM017.html Proliferative phase endometrium (utah.edu)]. | ||
*[http://www.cytochemistry.net/microanatomy/medical_lectures/028%20-%2019_16f.jpg Proliferative phase endometrium (cytochemistry.net)].<ref>URL: [http://www.cytochemistry.net/microanatomy/medical_lectures/oviduct_and_uterus.htm http://www.cytochemistry.net/microanatomy/medical_lectures/oviduct_and_uterus.htm]. Accessed on: 23 October 2012.</ref> | |||
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