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decidual cell

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decidual cell
n.
An enlarged, ovoid, connective tissue cell in the uterine mucous membrane that enlarges and specializes during pregnancy.
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They resembled glandular cells, Comet cells of high-grade ESS, fibroblasts, decidual cells, and predecidual endometrial stromal cells at the middle to late secretory phases.
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Furthermore, decidual cells and multinucleated cells in material from the esophageal biopsy together with the pulmonary nodule raised the possibility of metastatic mesotheliomas with deciduoid or squamous (4) differentiation, which both contain cells that histologically resemble decidual cells, or metastatic bronchogenic carcinomas of giant cell or choriocarcinoma type, which both contain multinucleated cells.
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