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*[http://jcp.bmjjournals.com/content/59/8/801/F3.large.jpg Telescoping (bmjjournals.com)].<ref name=pmid16873562/> | *[http://jcp.bmjjournals.com/content/59/8/801/F3.large.jpg Telescoping (bmjjournals.com)].<ref name=pmid16873562/> | ||
==Endocervical | ==Endocervical epithelium verus endometrial epithelium== | ||
===Endocervical=== | ===Table=== | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
!Feature | |||
!Endometrial | |||
!Endocervical | |||
!Tubal metaplasia | |||
|- | |||
| Cytoplasmic staining | |||
| usu. hyperchromatic +/-vacuoles | |||
| clear or light eosinophilic | |||
|- | |||
| Nuclear-to-cytoplasm ratio | |||
| moderate to high (1:2) | |||
| low (often 1:3) | |||
| high (1:1) | |||
|- | |||
| Surface features | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| villi | |||
|- | |||
| Associated stroma | |||
| cellular, hyperchromatic | |||
| inflamed, less cellular | |||
| variable | |||
|} | |||
===List=== | |||
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. | ||