When presenting in extrauterine sites, the differentiation of arias stella changes from other more ominous clear cell. We use cookies to offer you a better experience, personalize content, tailor advertising, provide social media features, and better understand the use of our services. That identical cytologic changes may, on occasion, occur outside the endometrium or in nonpregnant women is not as well documented. Javier arias stella august 2, 1924 february 25, 2020 was a peruvian pathologist and politician.
The hospital have just rang me up saying my pathology showed no baby and an ariasstella reaction. Arias stella reaction like changes in endocervical glandular epithelium in cervical smears during pregnancy and postpartum statesa potential diagnostic pitfall authors j. Im pretty sure i passed the baby naturally before i got to theatre. The condition is a normal physiological process of the body, caused due to hormonal response. In endocervical polyp histologic features similar as in the endometrium. Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. The doctor who rang me said that i might have a bicornuate heart.
The authors present a case of arias stella reaction in the fallopian tube and discuss the differential diagnosis of this condition. Stella reaction as an indication of pregnancy is examined, with special reference to the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. The ariasstella reaction in early normal pregnancyan. New york the purpose of this paper is to describe certain endometrial changes which occur in the presence of chorionic tissue and which, it is thought, result from the hormonal activity of this tissue. Although these alterations are not infrequent, we have been. A search in scielo and pubmed databases using the mesh terms arias stella reaction, endometriosis and adenocarcinoma was done. Ariasstella reaction of uterine corpus is a benign tumorlike condition caused due to a change in the endometrium of the uterus. However, the arias stella reaction is exceedingly rare in the fallopian tube, and may be confused with herpetic infection or malignancy. Extensive regions of necrosis better microscopic evidence must be sought before making a definitive diagnosis of carcinoma 59. In an ectopic pregnancy, the uterine endometrium usually responds to the hormonal changes of pregnancy and undergoes focal decidua changes arias stella reaction. Ariasstella reaction up to 10% of gravid hysterectomy specimens. Studies of hormonal levels obtained from the endocrinologic literature demonstrated declines during early pregnancy at the time of the ovaryplacenta changeover. The arias stella reaction asr is a common and universally recognized feature of gestational endometrium. This code is grouped under diagnosis codes for diseases of the genitourinary system.
Ectopic pregnancy human chorionic gonadotropin uterus. Arias stella reaction, also arias stella phenomenon, is a benign change in the endometrium associated with the presence of chorionic tissue arias stella reaction is due to progesterone primarily. The arias stella reaction was seen in 26, but features of degeneration were found in arias stella reaction nuclei as well as focal decidual necrosis. Since its first description more than four decades ago, the atypical endometrial change associated with chorionic tissue effect has been widely confirmed in the literature. The same problem was encountered by cariani and guderian 39 and mccormick and menaciwilliams 40 in endocervical polyps with ariasstella reaction. The two patients whose examination exhibited an arias stella reaction were determined to have missed miscarriage, as both had previous ultrasounds that confirmed intrauterine pregnancies. Dgeecs main publication format for data and thematic indicators is pdf. Infiltration with glycogen as the cause of the clear appearance of epithelial cells is suggested. If the ectopic pregnancy miscarries, the uterine decidua may slough off as a cast, but more commonly as fragments mixed with small blood clots. Ariasstella reaction of uterine cervix is a benign tumorlike condition caused due to a change in the cervix.
After earning his doctorate from the san marcos national university, arias stella began his career as a pathology lecturer at the same institution. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see months. Deaths in february 2020 simple english wikipedia, the. We decided to evaluate the subpopulations of treg cells and b7h4 macrophages in eutopic. Both had a history of passing tissue and were diagnosed clinically with incomplete miscarriage. Originally described in the uterine endometrium, the ariasstella reaction has subsequently been documented outside of the uterine corpus, including fallopian tube, vagina, inclusion cysts of the ovary, paraovarian and paratubal cysts. Cove 37 and rhatigan 38 have described cases of endocervical ariasstella reaction that caused confusion with premalignant or malignant conditions. Departments of gynaecology and pathology, university of glasgow. This glandular change is a physiologic response to the presence of chorionic tissue and is probably not directly related to trisomy 5. Benign lesions of the cervix the belgian society of. The arias stella reaction is a hormonerelated atypical endometrial change characterized by hypertrophy and vacuolization of glandular epithelial cells, associated with marked nuclear pleomorphism, enlargement, and hyperchromasia. Value of histopathologic examination of uterine products. Arias stella reaction benign atypical endometrial changes associated with chorionic tissue may be seen in a completely normal pregnancy and misdiagnosed as a malignancy. A legal procedure for settling a dispute outside the courts, in which the parties select and agree to abide by the decision of a neutral third party the arbiter or arbitrator.
The char acteristic histologic features of the arias stella reaction include large cells with abundant eosinophilic or vacuolat ed cytoplasm, nuclear enlargement, and. Arias stella reaction up to 10% of gravid hysterectomy specimens. Full trisomy 5 in a sample of spontaneous abortion and arias stella reaction. The ariasstella reaction is a hormonerelated atypical endometrial change characterized by hypertrophy and vacuolization of glandular epithelial cells, associated with marked nuclear pleomorphism, enlargement, and hyperchromasia. The finding of ariasstella effect in secretory endometrium is not diagnostic of intrauterine even extrauterine pregnancy rarely can be seen in nonpregnant patients on hormonal therapy oral contraceptives, ovulation inducing drugs and hormone replacement therapies and phytoestrogens and more rarely in patients without hormonal treatment. View the article pdf and any associated supplements and figures for a period of 48 hours. The arias stella phenomenon was first described by javier arias stella in 1954 as atypical endometrial changes associated with the presence of chorionic tissue 1. Ariasstella reaction in fallopian tube epithelium a light. Problem the presence of immunosuppressive cells within the endometrium and decidua is crucial for establishing maternal immune tolerance against fetal antigens. Apparently though, this reaction is usually due to ectopic pregnancy. Use of oral contraceptives usually focal, superficial glands. A case report, diagnostic cytopathology, 2005, 32, 2, 94wiley online library.
Full trisomy 5 in a sample of spontaneous abortion and. Deaths of nonhumans are noted here also if it is worth noting. In the case of the young couple described in this paper, arias stella reaction was indicated in both cases of miscarriage. The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in february 2020. Pdf full trisomy 5 in a sample of spontaneous abortion. This report describes the clinical and pathologic findings in nine nonpregnant women whose endometria demonstrated. Arias is listed in the worlds largest and most authoritative dictionary database of abbreviations and acronyms arias what does arias stand for.
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