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**This is 'cause the gynecologist scrapes some off on the way in or out. | **This is 'cause the gynecologist scrapes some off on the way in or out. | ||
===Endocervical glands vs. Endometrial glands | ==Telescoping== | ||
:[[AKA]] ''gland-within-a-gland''. | |||
:[[AKA]] ''gland intussusception''. | |||
*Considered an artifact of tissue processing, i.e. normal.<ref name=pmid16873562>{{Cite journal | last1 = McCluggage | first1 = WG. | title = My approach to the interpretation of endometrial biopsies and curettings. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 59 | issue = 8 | pages = 801-12 | month = Aug | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2005.029702 | PMID = 16873562 }}</ref> | |||
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*[http://jcp.bmjjournals.com/content/59/8/801/F3.large.jpg Telescoping (bmjjournals.com)].<ref name=pmid16873562/> | |||
==Endocervical glands vs. Endometrial glands== | |||
===Endocervical=== | |||
*Less hyperchromatic. | *Less hyperchromatic. | ||
*Nuclei round & small. | *Nuclei round & small. | ||
*Cell borders usually well-defined. | *Cell borders usually well-defined. | ||
===Endometrial=== | |||
*More hyperchromatic. | *More hyperchromatic. | ||
*Nuclei columnar. | *Nuclei columnar. | ||