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*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>
*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.
**May be seen in a normal pregnancy, [[hydatidiform mole]]s, others.
*Historically it was diagnosed as [[endometrial cancer]].


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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Notes:
Notes:
*Can be subtyped.
*To the novice... the nuclei look really scary, i.e. they look like cancer.
*To the novice... the nuclei look really scary, i.e. they look like cancer.
DDx:
*[[Choriocarcinoma]].
*[[Herpes simplex virus|Herpetic]] [[endometritis]].


Images:
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arias-Stella_reaction_-_low_mag.jpg Arias-Stella reaction - low mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arias-Stella_reaction_-_low_mag.jpg Arias-Stella reaction - low mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arias-Stella_reaction_-_high_mag.jpg Arias-Stella reaction - high mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arias-Stella_reaction_-_high_mag.jpg Arias-Stella reaction - high mag. (WC)].
====Subtypes====
There are five subtypes:<ref name=pmid11756756/>
#Minimal atypia.
#Early secretory pattern.
#Secretory or hypersecretory pattern.
#Regenerative, proliferative or nonsecretory pattern.
#Monstrous cell pattern.


==Screening tests==
==Screening tests==
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