inactive endometrium

Inactive Endometrium: Understanding Your Pathology Report

Inactive endometrium describes a lining of the uterus that is not responding to hormones. The lining is called the endometrium, and it normally thickens and sheds each month under the influence of estrogen and progesterone. When those hormones are absent, low, or blocked, the lining stops cycling. It becomes thin and quiet, and that is …
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Atrophic Endometrium: Understanding Your Pathology Report

Atrophic endometrium describes a lining of the uterus that has become thin and inactive. The lining is called the endometrium. Pathologists use atrophy to describe tissue that shrinks and becomes less active, and here it happens because the lining is no longer stimulated by estrogen and progesterone. This is a benign finding. It is not cancer, and …
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