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Uterus chapter (excludes Cervix)


Reviewers: Mohamed Mokhtar Desouki, MD, PhD, Nat Pernick, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 29 December 2011, last major update December 2011
Copyright: (c) 2002-2011, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

Table of contents

Primary references

Non tumor: normalSternberg’s pattern approachendometrial biopsyadenomyosisArias-Stella reactionatrophydysfunctional uterine bleedingendometrial datingendometrial metaplasiaendometriosisendometritisexogenous hormonesluteal phase defectpersistent mullerian duct syndromepregnancy related changesmiscellaneous

Epithelial tumors-benign: adenomyomaatypical polypoid adenomyomaendometrial polyppolyp with aytpical stromal cells

Endometrial hyperplasia: generaldisordered proliferativesimplecomplexatypical

Carcinoma: generaladenosquamousciliatedclear cellendometrioidendometrial intraepithelial neoplasia (EIN)giant cellglassy cellminimal deviationmixedmucinousoxyphilicsecretoryseroussmall cellsquamous cellvilloglandular

Stromal tumors: adenofibromaadenomatoid tumoradenosarcomaadenosarcoma with stromal overgrowthendometrial stromal noduleendometrial stromal tumors-generalendometrial stromal sarcomainflammatory pseudotumorleiomyomaleiomyoma variantsleiomyosarcomamalignant leiomyoblastomamalignant mixed mullerian tumor (MMMT)metastasesplexiform tumorpost-operative spindle cell tumorssarcoma NOSsmooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP)stromomyomauterine tumors resembling ovarian sex cord tumors

Other tumors: leukemia/lymphomamelanomaPEComaother

Miscellaneous: features to reportgrossingstaging

Primary references

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American Journal of Surgical Pathology
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Human Pathology
Modern Pathology
Silverberg: Tumors of the Uterine Corpus and Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (AFIP Atlas of Tumor Pathology, Series 3, Vol 3, 1992)
Tavassoli: Tumours of the Breast and Female Genital Organs (3rd ed, Vol 4, 2003)
Websites: PathoPic, PEIR Digital Library
Virtual slides: University of Iowa, USCAP, vSlides


End of uterus chapter