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(Created page with "'''Organ''': Uterus '''Description''': This preparation is made from a sagittal section of the uterus, which is why it may look weird. Three lesions are visible: A thecofibroma, a benign ovarian tumor. It is yellowish. An endometrial carcinoma. It shows all the typical characteristics of a malignant tumor, like lack of capsule, infiltrative border and poorly circumscribed. A leiomyoma. Diagnosis: Endometrial carcinoma, with thecofibroma and leiomyoma '''Risk facto...") |
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'''Organ''': Uterus | [[File:Endometrial carcinoma prep front.jpg|thumb|Endometrial carcinoma prep front|353x353px]]'''Organ''': Uterus | ||
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* Increased levels of oestrogen | * Increased levels of oestrogen | ||
* Metabolic syndrome | * Metabolic syndrome | ||
[[File:Endometrial carcinoma prep back.jpg|thumb|Endometrial carcinoma prep back|348x348px]]'''Theory''': | |||
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''Some teachers disagree that the thecofibroma is a thecofibroma. I don’t know what they suggest it actually is, though.'' | ''Some teachers disagree that the thecofibroma is a thecofibroma. I don’t know what they suggest it actually is, though.'' | ||
[[Category:Pathology 2 - Macropreparations]] | [[Category:Pathology 2 - Macropreparations]] |