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. 2022 May 5;80(7):1102–1111. doi: 10.1111/his.14655

Table 2.

Clinical, morphological and immunohistochemical features of atypical microglandular proliferations

Patient history Morphological description Immunohistochemical stain Follow‐up diagnosis
Case Age Hormone therapy use Postmenopausal? Site/procedure Gland architecture Luminal secretions/mucin Subnuclear vacuoles Foamy histiocytes Inflammation Luminal squamous metaplasia Cytological atypia Mitotic figures per 10 HPG p63 PTEN
1 93 NA Yes Endometrium/curettage Small, tightly packed Present Absent Present Moderate Present Absent 0 Positive/subcolumnar Intact NA
2 76 NA Yes Endometrium/biopsy Small, tightly packed Present Absent Present Absent Absent Absent 1 Positive/subcolumnar Intact NA
3 72 None Yes Endometrium/biopsyHysterectomy (follow‐up) Medium and tubular, tightly packed, occasionally fused Present Absent Present Moderate Absent Present 3 Negative Lost EMCA FIGO Grade 1
4 58 None Yes Endometrium/biopsy Small, tightly packed Present Absent Absent Moderate Absent Absent 0 Positive/focal subcolumnar Intact NA
5 70 None Yes Endometrium/biopsy and curettageHysterectomy (follow‐up) Variable in size, tubular, tightly packed Present Absent Present Moderate Absent Present 6 Negative Lost (focally intact) EMCA FIGO Grade 1
6 45 None No Endometrium, Cervix/ biopsy and curettage Small, tightly packed Present Absent Present Moderate Present Absent 0 Positive/subcolumnar Intact MGH
7 47 OCP No Endometrium/biopsy Small to medium, tightly packed Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Present 0 Negative NA NA
8 66 None Yes Endometrium/biopsy Small, tightly packed Present Absent Absent Severe Absent Present 2 Positive (focal) Intact NA
9 66 None Yes Endometrium/curettage Small to medium, tightly packed Present Absent Absent Moderate Absent Present 2 Negative Lost NA

EMCA, endometrial endometrioid carcinoma; MGH, microglandular hyperplasia; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homologue; NA, not available; OCP, oral contraceptive pill.