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Endometrial polyps

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Endometrial polyps
A growth in the lining of the uterus (endometrium) that may cause bleeding and can develop into cancer.


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10) Other benign uterine growths in the differential include adenomyosis (endometrial glands infiltrating the myometrial wall), endometrial polyps (a common cause of peri- and postmenopausal bleeding), and endometrial hyperplasia.
For gynecology patients, the technology offers three-dimensional images of uterine abnormalities such as endometrial polyps and the precise location of fibroid tumors in the endometrium.
There was also consensus among the pathology panel on the absence of endometrial polyps in all of the specimens read by the WHO classification.
 
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