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Mucinous and clear cell adenocarcinomas of the endometrium in patients receiving anti-estrogens tamoxifen and gestagens.

Fundus: domed superior portion of uterus located superior to points of fallopian tube insertion• 10 Department of Pathology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

Progesterone therapy for endometrial hyperplasia and neoplasia induces glandular secretory changes, decidual reaction, and spiral arterioles.

Perhaps the most significant change in terms of adequacy of the luteal phase is that involving the blood vessels.

With ovulation induction therapy, the endometrial maturation process is enhanced by accelerating the secretory changes in the stroma , A disparity between more advanced stromal maturation and less advanced glandular maturation is often found in endometrial biopsies from patients treated with ovulation induction.

The endometrial tissue appears quiescent, with no mitotic activity.

J Obstet Gynecol 1993; 81: 165—71.

Most OC contain small dosages of estrogens ethinyl estradiol and of testosterone-derived progesterone norethindrone , whereas some contain only progestins Micronor, Ovrette.

30 Friedman AJ, Daly M, Juneau-Norcross M, Rein MS.

Most of these cases are characterized as type 1 endometrial carcinoma with coexisting endometrial hyperplasia.

The combination of inactive glands, abortive secretion, decidual reaction, and thin blood vessels is characteristic for OC therapy effect.