Endometrial polyp

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Author: Mikael Häggström [note 1]

Fixation

Generally 10% neutral buffered formalin.

  See also: General notes on fixation


Microscopic evaluation

Histopathologic and cytopathologic images.
(A) proliferative endometrium (Left: HE × 400) and proliferative endometrial cells (Right: HE × 100)
(B) secretory endometrium (Left: HE × 10) and secretory endometrial cells (Right: HE × 10)
(C) atrophic endometrium (Left: HE × 10) and atrophic endometrial cells (Right: HE × 10)
(D) mixed endometrium (Left: HE × 10) and mixed endometrial cells (Right: HE × 10)
(E): endometrial atypical hyperplasia (Left: HE × 10) and endometrial atypical cells (Right: HE × 200)
(F) endometrial carcinoma (Left: HE × 400) and endometrial cancer cells (Right: HE × 400).

The main objectives are:

  • Confirm an endometrioid polyp.
  • Look for signs of atypia or malignancy.

Reporting

  See also: General notes on reporting


Notes

  1. For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.

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