Decidualized endometrium
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File:Endometrium with hormone effect -- intermed mag.jpg
Decidualization due to oral contraceptive pill use. H&E stain. (WC)
Decidualized endometrium is endometrium with changes due to progestins.
Non-physiological are referred to some as pseudodecidualization or pseudodecidualized endometrium.
It is seen in a number of contexts:
- Pregnancy.
- Products of conception - decidualized endometrium and chorionic villi.
- Secretory phase endometrium - especially late in the cycle.
- Endometrium with changes due to exogenous hormones - as with oral contraceptive pill use, known as pseudodecidualized endometrium.
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