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*[[Endometrium]]: decidual reaction, as seen in any pregnancy.
*[[Endometrium]]: decidual reaction, as seen in any pregnancy.


==Arias-Stellas reaction==
==Arias-Stella reaction==
*Large nuclei - to the novice... it looks really scary.
===General===
*Benign atypical endometrial changes associated with chorionic tissue.<ref name=pmid11756756>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Arias-Stella | first1 = J. | title = The Arias-Stella reaction: facts and fancies four decades after. | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 12-23 | month = Jan | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 11756756 }}</ref>
**May be seen in a normal pregnancy, [[hydatidiform mole]]s, others.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Large nuclei - to the novice... it looks really scary; it can look like some sort of cancer.
*[[NC ratio]] is preserved.
*[[NC ratio]] is preserved.
*May see nuclear clearing.<ref name=Ref_DCHH236>{{Ref DCHH|236 (bottom)}}.</ref>
*May see nuclear clearing.<ref name=Ref_DCHH236>{{Ref DCHH|236 (bottom)}}.</ref>
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