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Endometrial hyperplasia may be focal or diffuse; cytologic atypia in hyperplastic glands is typically focal. Hyperplastic endometrial glands are usually of proliferative type, but a focal or diffuse secretory change, metaplastic or related changes, or both may be present as well.
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Scully, R.E., Bonfiglio, T.A., Kurman, R.J., Silverberg, S.G., Wilkinson, E.J. (1994). Definitions and Explanatory Notes. In: Histological Typing of Female Genital Tract Tumours. World Health Organization International Histological Classification of Tumours. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85014-1_2
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