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Intraoperative consultations of material from the uterine body are mostly related to evaluation of specimens from hysterectomies, performed for a wide variety of reasons. These reasons will be considered first, followed by a discussion of the different specimens submitted from the operating room and the related clinical background. The last part of the chapter considers selected conditions and differential diagnostic issues associated with these entities.

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  1. Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine The Methodist Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Donna M. Coffey MD (Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)

  2. University of California, Irvine, California, 92697, USA

    Ibrahim Ramzy MD, FRCP(C) (Professor of Pathology and of Obstetrics-Gynecology)

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Coffey, D.M., Ramzy, I. (2012). Uterine Body. In: Frozen Section Library: Gynecologic Pathology Intraoperative Consultation. Frozen Section Library, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95958-0_5

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