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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features:<ref>URL: [http://pathologyoutlines.com/cervix.html#endocervpolyp http://pathologyoutlines.com/cervix.html#endocervpolyp]. Accessed on: 22 October 2011.</ref> | ||
*May have mixed epithelium, i.e. squamous and endocervical type (with eosinophilic mucin). | *May have mixed epithelium, i.e. squamous and endocervical type (with eosinophilic mucin). | ||
**Endocervical epithelium should have nuclei like that in the colon, i.e. small, round & basal. | **Endocervical epithelium should have nuclei like that in the colon, i.e. small, round & basal. | ||
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Notes: | Notes: | ||
*No histologic features separate cervical polyps from benign endocervical mucosa; ergo, they are often signed-out as "... consistent with cervical polyp." | *No histologic features separate cervical polyps from benign endocervical mucosa; ergo, they are often signed-out as "... consistent with cervical polyp." | ||
==Fibroepithelial stromal polyp== | ==Fibroepithelial stromal polyp== | ||