Endometrial polyp: Difference between revisions
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*Look for signs of '''atypia or malignancy'''. | *Look for signs of '''atypia or malignancy'''. | ||
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File:Histopathology of non-complex endometrial polyp without atypia.jpg|'''Endometrial polyp''' (without atypia), with a thick-walled blood vessel in middle - typical of endometrial polyps. Glands are | File:Histopathology of non-complex endometrial polyp without atypia.jpg|'''Endometrial polyp''' (without atypia), with a thick-walled blood vessel in middle - typical of endometrial polyps. Glands are may be cystic but have unremarkable linings. | ||
File:Histopathology of non-complex endometrial polyp without atypia, with tubal metaplasia.jpg|'''Endometrial polyp''' (without atypia), with tubal metaplasia (black arrow, showing ciliated epithelium) and a thick-walled blood vessel (white arrow). The stroma is hemorrhagic in this case. | File:Histopathology of non-complex endometrial polyp without atypia, with tubal metaplasia.jpg|'''Endometrial polyp''' (without atypia), with tubal metaplasia (black arrow, showing ciliated epithelium) and a thick-walled blood vessel (white arrow). The stroma is hemorrhagic in this case. | ||
File:Myometrium versus endometrial stroma versus endometrial polyp stroma.jpg|Myometrium (smooth muscle cells) versus endometrial stroma (more cellular) versus '''endometrial polyp stroma''' (more collagenous).{{MH}} | File:Myometrium versus endometrial stroma versus endometrial polyp stroma.jpg|Myometrium (smooth muscle cells) versus endometrial stroma (more cellular) versus '''endometrial polyp stroma''' (more collagenous).{{MH}} | ||