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Tumor-Like Lesions, Non-neoplastic and Inflammatory Conditions

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Tumor-Like Lesions

The World Health Organization (WHO) classification of uterine corpus tumors 2020 includes tumor-like lesions – endometrial polyp, endometrial metaplasia, Arias-Stella reaction, and lymphoma-like lesion (Kim et al. 2020).

Endometrial Polyp (Fig. 1)

Definition

Endometrial polyp is a localized, disorganized proliferation of benign glandular and stromal elements that is usually elevated above the surface of the adjacent endometrium.

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(10X). Endometrial polyp

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Ali-Fehmi, R., Tawil, T., Jain, D., Kheil, M. (2022). Tumor-Like Lesions, Non-neoplastic and Inflammatory Conditions. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_5632-1

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