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*Premenstrual | *Premenstrual | ||
**STROMA: Neutrophils, scattered lymphocytes, stromal balls | **STROMA: Neutrophils, scattered lymphocytes, stromal balls ("blue balls"); "stromal condensation" (Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endometrial_stromal_condensation_high_mag.jpg Endometrial stromal condensation (WC)]). | ||
**GLANDS: Apoptosis at the base of the gland.<ref>TC 22 June 2009.</ref> | **GLANDS: Apoptosis at the base of the gland.<ref>TC 22 June 2009.</ref> | ||
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**Gynecologists prefer the ovarian descriptor, i.e. ''luteal phase''; pathologists go by what they see, i.e. ''Secretions'' in the (endometrial) glands. | **Gynecologists prefer the ovarian descriptor, i.e. ''luteal phase''; pathologists go by what they see, i.e. ''Secretions'' in the (endometrial) glands. | ||
*When the patient is >40 years, some advocate the use of the term ''proliferative type endometrium'' (instead of the term ''proliferative endometrium'').<ref>GAG. Jan 2009</ref> | *When the patient is >40 years, some advocate the use of the term ''proliferative type endometrium'' (instead of the term ''proliferative endometrium'').<ref>GAG. Jan 2009</ref> | ||
*Stromal condensation (stromal balls | *Stromal condensation (stromal balls) - premenstrual - stromal cells tightly packed together; nuclei molded together like in small cell tumours.<ref>GAG. 6 Oct 2009.</ref> | ||
==Abnormalities of endometrium== | ==Abnormalities of endometrium== | ||