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uterine shedding
Sunday 2 April 2017
Synopsis
Also known as glandular and stroma breakdown
Common in perimenopausal women
condensation of endometrial stroma under surface endometrium and nuclear dust;
associated with predecidualized stroma and glandular exhaustion;
cannot assess architectural changes;
may see signet ring cells (benign) if prolonged shedding
Differential diagnosis
uterine small cell carcinoma