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uterine pathology
uterus
anomalies
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uterine anomalies
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endometrial hyperplasia
3 FebruaryTypes
endometrial hyperplasia without atypia
Endometrial atypical hyperplasia / endometrioid intraepithelial neoplasia (EAH/EIN)
Synopsis
endometrial hyperplasia without atypia Endometrial hyperplasia without atypia is a proliferation of endometrial glands of irregular size and shape without significant cytological atypia.
endometrial atypical hyperplasia / endometrioid intraepithelial neoplasia (EAH/EIN) Endometrial atypical hyperplasia / endometrioid intraepithelial (...) -
uterine polyps
12 October 2020uterine polyp
Examples
endometrial polyp
endocervical polyp
atypical polypoid adenomyoma (APAM) https://twitter.com/Patholwalker/status/1315580962948837377
See also
uterine anomalies
polyp / polyps -
atypical polypoid adenomyoma
12 October 2020APAM
Images
Atypical polypoid adenomyoma (APAM) https://twitter.com/Patholwalker/status/1315580962948837377
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uterine polyp -
acute endometritis
17 July 2020Synopsis
microabscesses
infiltration
destruction of glandular epithelium
NB : neutrophils are common in cycling endometrium
Etiology
Limited to post delivery or miscarriage,
presence of moderate to marked myometrial inflammation is not predictive of post cesarean section endometritis (Am J Clin Pathol 2003;120:217)
due to retained products of conception or instrumentation
See also
acute inflammation (...) -
xanthogranulomatous endometritis
17 July 2020Definition : Xanthogranulomatous endometritis is a rare lesion of elderly with pyometra and cervical stenosis.
Synopsis
xanthogranulomatous inflammation composed of abundant foamy histiocytes, siderophages, giant cells, neutrophils, plasma cells and lymphocytes;
fibrosis
calcification
See also
endometritis
Paywall references
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granulomatous endometritis
17 July 2020Etiology
uterine sarcoidosis / endometrial sarcoidosis granulomas usually spread to myometrium (in contrast to TB)
uterine tuberculosis plasma cells and white blood cells may be present due to secondary infection; acid fast bacilli present in tubercles or culture; granulomas tend to accumulate in superficial functional layers of endometrium, so biopsy during late secretory phase
See also
granulomatous inflammation (...) -
endometrial metaplasia
26 March 2020Examples
endometrial eosinophilic metaplasia / eosinophilic cell change eosinophilic syncitial change
synovial-like metaplasia
squamous metaplasia / squamous change
ciliated cell change
mucinous metaplasia / mucinous change
secretory change -
focal intracystic papillary proliferation in an endometrial polyp
26 March 2020See also
intracystic papillary proliferation
endometrial polyp -
precursors of endometrial carcinoma
26 March 2020Types
endometrial hyperplasia simple endometrial hyperplasia atypical endometrial hyperplasia / endometrioid intraepithelial neoplasia ( EIN )
serous endometrial intraepithelial carcinoma ( SEIC )
Differential diagnosis
disordered proliferative endometrium
endometrial polyp / endometrial polyps
endometritis
atypical polypoid adenomyoma