84 MCQs in Pathology Answer

• Endometrial polyps are localized hyperplastic overgrowths of endometrial glands and stroma that form a sessile or pedunculated projection from the surface of the endometrium.

• They develop as solitary or multiple soft tumors.
• Diffuse endometrial hyperplasia may consist of multiple polypoid projections.

• In most cases the polyp is made up of endometrium similar to that seen in the basalis and does not show secretory changes.
  
• Less than one-third of the polyps contain functional endometrium, similar histologically to the endometrium from which they arise.
  
• Polyps frequently show a microscopic picture of cystic hyperplasia; less commonly they show one of adenomatous hyperplasia.
  
• The tip of the polyp may be necrotic and inflamed, particularly if it is long and protrudes into the cervix.
  
• Squamous metaplasia of the lining surface has been observed.

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