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*[[Secretory phase endometrium]] - especially late in the cycle. | *[[Secretory phase endometrium]] - especially late in the cycle. | ||
*[[Endometrium with changes due to exogenous hormones]] - as with [[oral contraceptive pill]] use, known as ''pseudodecidualized endometrium''. | *[[Endometrium with changes due to exogenous hormones]] - as with [[oral contraceptive pill]] use, known as ''pseudodecidualized endometrium''. | ||
*[[Endometriosis]] - may mimic squamous cell carcinoma. | *[[Endometriosis]] with decidualization - may mimic squamous cell carcinoma.<ref name=pmid25755813>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kim | first1 = HS. | last2 = Yoon | first2 = G. | last3 = Kim | first3 = BG. | last4 = Song | first4 = SY. | title = Decidualization of intranodal endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 1025-30 | month = | year = 2015 | doi = | PMID = 25755813 }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 14:30, 27 November 2015
Decidualized endometrium is endometrium with changes due to progestins.
Non-physiological changes are referred to some as pseudodecidualization or pseudodecidualized endometrium.[1]
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Contexts
Decidualization may be seen in a number of contexts:
- Pregnancy.
- Products of conception - decidualized endometrium and chorionic villi.
- Secretory phase endometrium - especially late in the cycle.
- Endometrium with changes due to exogenous hormones - as with oral contraceptive pill use, known as pseudodecidualized endometrium.
- Endometriosis with decidualization - may mimic squamous cell carcinoma.[2]
References
- ↑ Luciano, AA.; Turksoy, RN.; Carleo, J. (Sep 1988). "Evaluation of oral medroxyprogesterone acetate in the treatment of endometriosis.". Obstet Gynecol 72 (3 Pt 1): 323-7. PMID 2970029.
- ↑ Kim, HS.; Yoon, G.; Kim, BG.; Song, SY. (2015). "Decidualization of intranodal endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman.". Int J Clin Exp Pathol 8 (1): 1025-30. PMID 25755813.
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