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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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In quiz case 14 (Figure 1, A and B), only 33% diagnosed an endometrial polyp in the context of extensive squamous morular metaplasia.
Similarly, another retrospective review of 1,136 asymptomatic women that underwent hysteroscopic resection of an endometrial polyp found that polyps with diameters greater than 1.5 cm had hyperplasia rates of 14.8% compared with 7.7% in the group with smaller polyps (P < 0.5) [6].
Benign pathology (B) such as endometrial polyp, and chronic endometritis, as well as normal physiologic endometrium (N) whether proliferative, secretory, shedding or anovulatory/ atrophic were classified into the second group which was referred to as normal or benign (N/B).
These experts discuss the factors that incur increased risk for malignant endometrial polyps, the relationship between chronic endometritis and endometrial polyps, whether the etonogestrel subdermal implant can treat EIN, and new endometrial ablation technology
If intracavitary pathology, such as submucosal fibroids or endometrial polyps, is suspected, additional imaging with saline infusion sonohysterography (SIS) should be performed.
Endometrial polyp, a common benign gynecological disease can occur in females from any age group.
The percentage/frequencies of different morphological patterns of endometrial lesions like endometrial hyperplasia, atrophic endometritis, endometrial polyp and endometrial carcinoma were calculated.
This was closely followed by endometrial polyp which accounted for 48 cases (9.9%).
Overgrowth of endometrium cells in the lining of uterus or cervix is known as endometrial polyp [1].
[sup][2],[3],[4] Serous adenocarcinoma of endometrium is a Type 2 endometrium cancer, and it is widely considered to develop from endometrial intraepithelial carcinoma, which is related to malignant transformation of the endometrial surface epithelium (such as a benign endometrial polyp).
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