Table 1 Metaplasia of the normal and pathological endometrium

From: Eosinophilic cell change of the endometrium: a possible relationship to mucinous differentiation

Type of the lesion

Total

Ciliated

Mucinous

Eosino

Squ/morl

Syn

Arias

Benign nonhyperplastic endometrium

39

20 (51%)

3 (8%)

4 (10%)

0

0

1 (3%)

 Normal proliferative phase

4

4 (100%)

1 (25%)

1 (25%)

0

0

0

 Normal secretory phase

4

0

0

0

0

0

1 (25%)

 Abnormal cycling endometrium

7

2 (29%)

0

1 (14%)

0

0

0

 Atrophic endometrium

5

4 (80%)

0

1 (20%)

0

0

0

 Endometrial polyp

11

7 (64%)

2 (18%)

1 (9%)

0

0

0

 Adenomyosis

5

1 (20%)

0

0

0

0

0

 Polypoid adenomyoma

3

2 (67%)

0

0

0

0

0

Endometrial hyperplasia

14

6 (43%)

1 (7%)

7 (50%)

1 (7%)

2 (14%)

0

 Simple nonatypical hyperplasia

6

6 (100%)

0

3 (50%)

0

2 (33%)

0

 Complex nonatypical hyperplasia

3

0

0

2 (67%)

0

0

0

 Complex atypical hyperplasia

5

0

1 (20%)

2 (40%)

1 (20%)

0

0

Endometrial carcinoma

42

3 (7%)

21 (49%)

16 (37%)

6 (14%)

0

0

 Endometrioid adenocarcinoma (G1)

32

3 (10%)

16 (50%)

13 (41%)

6 (19%)

0

0

 Endometrioid adenocarcinoma (G2)

4

0

2 (50%)

2 (50%)

0

0

0

 Mucinous adenocarcinoma

3

0

3 (100%)

0

0

0

0

 Serous adenocarcinoma

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total lesions

95

29 (31%)

25 (26%)

27 (28%)

7 (7%)

2 (2%)

1 (1%)

  1. Ciliated: ciliated (tubal) change; mucinous: mucinous metaplasia; eosino: eosinophilic cell change; squ/morl: squamous metaplasia/morules; syn: surface syncytial change; Arias: Arias-Stella change.