File:Corpus luteum (gross pathology) (Radiopaedia 77879).jpeg

Summary:

• Radiopaedia case ID: 77879
• Image ID: 52696370
• Study findings: This normal ovary was removed in the course of a hysterectomy for uterine disease. The bright yellow corpus luteum is fully developed, as it would be in the mid-luteal phase of the menstrual cycle following ovulation. The corpus luteum produces progesterone, which supports the endometrium's ability to accommodate the implanted conceptus. If a conceptus implants, the corpus luteum grows even bigger, to form the so-called "corpus luteum of pregnancy." If no pregnancy occurs, the corpus luteum shrinks dramatically to become a corpus albicans. This ovary also sports several corpora albicantia from previous months' cycles, one of which is marked.
• Modality: Pathology
• System: Gynaecology
• Findings: This normal ovary was removed in the course of a hysterectomy for uterine disease. The bright yellow corpus luteum is fully developed, as it would be in the mid-luteal phase of the menstrual cycle following ovulation. The corpus luteum produces progesterone, which supports the endometrium's ability to accommodate the implanted conceptus. If a conceptus implants, the corpus luteum grows even bigger, to form the so-called "corpus luteum of pregnancy. " If no pregnancy occurs, the corpus luteum shrinks dramatically to become a corpus albicans. This ovary also sports several corpora albicantia from previous months' cycles, one of which is marked.
• Published: 23rd May 2020
• Source: https://radiopaedia.org/cases/corpus-luteum-gross-pathology
• Author: Ed Uthman
• Permission: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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