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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Well-circumscribed - '''key feature'''.<ref name=pmid17347285>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Baker | first1 = P. | last2 = Oliva | first2 = E. | title = Endometrial stromal tumours of the uterus: a practical approach using conventional morphology and ancillary techniques. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 60 | issue = 3 | pages = 235-43 | month = Mar | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2005.031203 | PMID = 17347285 | url = http://jcp.bmj.com/content/60/3/235.full }}</ref>
*Well-circumscribed - '''key feature'''.
**The interface of lesion may not have more than three finger-like irregularities/projections into the surround myometrium that are >= 3 mm.<ref name=pmid17347285>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Baker | first1 = P. | last2 = Oliva | first2 = E. | title = Endometrial stromal tumours of the uterus: a practical approach using conventional morphology and ancillary techniques. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 60 | issue = 3 | pages = 235-43 | month = Mar | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2005.031203 | PMID = 17347285 | url = http://jcp.bmj.com/content/60/3/235.full }}</ref>
*No vascular invasion.
 
Notes:
*Myometrial invasion or vascular invasions = ESS or UES.
 
Images:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EndometrialStromalNodule.JPG ESN (WC)].


==Low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma==
==Low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma==
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