Endometrial glandular and stromal breakdown, part 2: Cytomorphology of papillary metaplastic changes

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 665-669

  Norimatsu, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Shimizu, Keiko ^c   Kobayashi, Tadao K ^d   Moriya, Takuya ^e   Kaku, Tsunehisa ^f   Tsukayama, Choutatsu ^a   Miyake, Yasuyuki ^b   Ohno, Eiji ^b  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KURASHIKI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND THE ARTS   (Japan)

^c Utsunomiya Hospital   (Japan)

^d Medical Care Center   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Condensed stromal clusters; Diagnostic criteria; Endometrial cytology; Endometrial surface epithelium; Glandular and stromal breakdown; Metaplastic clumps with irregular protrusion (MCIP); Papillary metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL GLANDULAR AND STROMAL BREAKDOWN; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA WITHOUT ATYPIA; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPLASIA; METAPLASTIC CLUMP WITH IRREGULAR PROTRUSION; MICROSCOPY; PAPILLARY METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; ANOVULATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 33748090987     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20512     Document Type: Article

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