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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Non-proliferative endometrium.
*Proliferative endometrium (mitoses).<ref name=Ref_DCHH237>{{Ref DCHH|237}}</ref>
**Apoptotic cells common.<ref name=pmid8744416>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Spencer | first1 = SJ. | last2 = Cataldo | first2 = NA. | last3 = Jaffe | first3 = RB. | title = Apoptosis in the human female reproductive tract. | journal = Obstet Gynecol Surv | volume = 51 | issue = 5 | pages = 314-23 | month = May | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 8744416 }}</ref>
*Apoptotic cells common.<ref name=pmid8744416>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Spencer | first1 = SJ. | last2 = Cataldo | first2 = NA. | last3 = Jaffe | first3 = RB. | title = Apoptosis in the human female reproductive tract. | journal = Obstet Gynecol Surv | volume = 51 | issue = 5 | pages = 314-23 | month = May | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 8744416 }}</ref>
*Tightly packed cellular balls of stromal cells with nuclear moulding.
*Tightly packed cellular balls of stromal cells with nuclear moulding.
**Known as "blue balls".
**Known as "blue balls".
**Tightly packed cellular stromal cells known as "stromal condensation".
**Tightly packed cellular stromal cells known as "stromal condensation".
*Inflammation, esp. [[neutrophil]]s.
*Inflammation, especially abundant [[neutrophil]]s.


DDx:
DDx:
*[[Small cell carcinoma]].
*[[Small cell carcinoma]].
*[[Anovulatory endometrium]] - less neutrophils.


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