|
CONDITION |
ASSOCIATED LESION OR CONDITION |
FEATURE |
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Squamous metaplasia |
Leiomyoma, Endometrial polyp, administration of estrogen, polycystic ovarian disease, adenocarcinoma (adenoacanthoma) |
Non-keratinizing squamous metaplasia of endometrial epithelium, either diffuse (adenoacanthosis), or localized (morules)
Keratinizing squamous metaplasia (ichthyosis uteri) |
|
Ciliated cell (tubal) metaplasia |
Normal, Endometrial hyperplasia |
Ciliated cells resembling those in the fallopian tube |
|
Papillary metaplasis |
Prolonged estrogen administration |
Syncytial to papillary growth of eosinophilic epithelium in the surface epithelium |
|
Mucinous metaplasia |
|
Mucinous cells similar to those in the endocervical epithelium |
|
Eosinophilic (oxyphilic) metaplasia |
Estrogen |
Eosinophilic epithelium lacking atypia |
|
Hobnail and clear cell (mesonephric) metaplasia |
|
Hobnail or clear cells lacking atypia |
|
Intestinal metaplasia |
|
Epithelium resembling intestinal epithelium |
|
Stromal metaplasia |
|
Smooth muscle, cartilage and bone within the stroma |
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