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*The microscopic correlation of ''chocolate cyst'' is: light brown acellular material; this can be considered as a substitute for (3) - ''hemosiderin-laden macrophages''. | *The microscopic correlation of ''chocolate cyst'' is: light brown acellular material; this can be considered as a substitute for (3) - ''hemosiderin-laden macrophages''. | ||
*Epithelial component may have tubal metaplasia.<ref name=pmid17592255>{{cite journal |author=Clement PB |title=The pathology of endometriosis: a survey of the many faces of a common disease emphasizing diagnostic pitfalls and unusual and newly appreciated aspects |journal=Adv Anat Pathol |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=241–60 |year=2007 |month=July |pmid=17592255 |doi=10.1097/PAP.0b013e3180ca7d7b |url=}}</ref> | *Epithelial component may have tubal metaplasia.<ref name=pmid17592255>{{cite journal |author=Clement PB |title=The pathology of endometriosis: a survey of the many faces of a common disease emphasizing diagnostic pitfalls and unusual and newly appreciated aspects |journal=Adv Anat Pathol |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=241–60 |year=2007 |month=July |pmid=17592255 |doi=10.1097/PAP.0b013e3180ca7d7b |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Endometriosis may mimic [[cancer]] - see | *Endometriosis may mimic [[cancer]]<ref name=pmid20631604>{{Cite journal | last1 = Corben | first1 = AD. | last2 = Nehhozina | first2 = T. | last3 = Garg | first3 = K. | last4 = Vallejo | first4 = CE. | last5 = Brogi | first5 = E. | title = Endosalpingiosis in axillary lymph nodes: a possible pitfall in the staging of patients with breast carcinoma. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 34 | issue = 8 | pages = 1211-6 | month = Aug | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181e5e03e | PMID = 20631604 }}</ref> - see images below. | ||
*If it is just endometrial type glands... it is probably [[endosalpingiosis]]. | *If it is just endometrial type glands... it is probably [[endosalpingiosis]]. | ||
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endometrioma1.jpg Endometriosis - low mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endometrioma1.jpg Endometriosis - low mag. (WC)]. | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endometrioma3.jpg Endometriosis - high mag. (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endometrioma3.jpg Endometriosis - high mag. (WC)]. | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intestine_with_endometriosis_-_low_mag.jpg Endometriosis in small intestine - low mag. (WC)]. | |||
Mimicking cancer: | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intestine_with_endometriosis_-_low_mag.jpg Endometriosis in the small intestine - low mag. (WC)]. | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endometriosis_lymph_node_-_2_-_intermed_mag.jpg Endometriosis in a lymph node - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | |||
==Associations== | ==Associations== | ||