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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
* | *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> | |||
*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, | *Inflammation, especially abundant [[neutrophil]]s. | ||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
*[[Small cell carcinoma]]. | *[[Small cell carcinoma]]. | ||
*[[Anovulatory endometrium]] - less neutrophils. | |||
====Images==== | ====Images==== |
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