MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

ABDOMINAL

GENERALISED LYMPHADENOPATHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A 48-year-old woman with a grease bloody flux from her genital tracts had a diagnostic curettage of her uterus cavity. Microscopical research of the uterus curettage material revealed a thinning of a mucosal layer, reduction of the endometrial glands number, a fibrosis of a stroma and some lymphoid cells infiltration. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A
Chronic atrophic endometritis
B
Acute purulent endometritis
C
Chronic cystic endometritis
D
Chronic hypertrophic endometritis
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Endometrial hyperplasia is most common among women in their 50s and 60s who have experienced menopause. It may also occur in women who are in perimenopause, a transitional state during which women still have their menstrual periods but on an irregular basis.

Detailed explanation-2: -The potential differential diagnosis for endometrial hyperplasia are conditions which can result in focal or generalized thickening of the endometrium: Endometrial cancer: Histopathological examination of the endometrial tissue can show markers of invasions in endometrial cancer.

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