Endometrial hyperplasia with berrylike squamous metaplasia and pilomatrixomalike shadow cells: Report of an intriguing cytohistologic case

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 887-892

  Blandamura, Stella ^a   Boccato, Paolo ^a   Spadaro, Maria ^a   Litta, Pietro ^a   Chiarelli, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometrial hyperplasia; Metaplasia; Pilomatrixomalike shadow cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PILOMATRIXOMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA;

EID: 0036739912     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327065     Document Type: Article

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