Endometritis and Tumor-Like Lesions

A wide variety of benign endometrial conditions may involve the endometrium. These include infectious and noninfectious forms of endometritis, endometrial metaplasias, endometrial polyps, and iatrogenically induced endometrial conditions. Careful microscopic examination, correlation with clinical findings, and in some instances the use of ancillary testing are required to attain the correct diagnosis. Similar content being viewed by others

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