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*[[Menstrual endometrium]] - less neutrophils. (???) | *[[Menstrual endometrium]] - less neutrophils. (???) | ||
Image | ====Kiviat definition==== | ||
Kiviat ''et al.'' definition - requires both:<ref name=pmid2137304>{{cite journal |author=Kiviat NB, Wølner-Hanssen P, Eschenbach DA, ''et al.'' |title=Endometrial histopathology in patients with culture-proved upper genital tract infection and laparoscopically diagnosed acute salpingitis |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=167–75 |year=1990 |month=February |pmid=2137304 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
#>=5 [[PMN]]s in surface epithelium/400x magnification field of view. | |||
#>=1 [[plasma cell]] in the endometrial stroma/120x magnification field of view. | |||
Notes: | |||
*Above definition is considered "widely accepted".<ref name=pmid>{{cite journal |author=Ross JD |title=What is endometritis and does it require treatment? |journal=Sex Transm Infect |volume=80 |issue=4 |pages=252–3 |year=2004 |month=August |pmid=15295119 |pmc=1744883 |doi=10.1136/sti.2004.009548 |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Definition suffers from [[HPFitis]] and [[IPFitis]]. | |||
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*[http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/gyn-atlas/UT53.10.1.htm Acute endometritis (stonybrook.edu)]. | *[http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/gyn-atlas/UT53.10.1.htm Acute endometritis (stonybrook.edu)]. | ||