Table 3 Hyaluronan staining in human endometrium and its lesions
HA-staining intensity | HA-staining intensity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Epithelium* | Stroma* | |||||||
n.d. | weak | moderate | strong | n.d. | weak | moderate | strong | |
Normal n = 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (60%; 10-90%) | 0 |
Proliferating pm† n = 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 (30%) | 1 (100%) |
Hyperplasia # n = 2 | 0 | 1 (5%) | 1 (40%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (40%) | 0 | 1 (30%) |
Grade 1 ‡ n = 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 (2-5%) | 2 (5-10%) | 0 | 0 | 5 (70%; 20-80%) | 3 (80%; 50-100%) |
Grade 2+3 ‡ n = 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 (15%; 10-60%) | 3 (30%; 20-30%) | 0 | 0 | 2 (50-80%) | 6 (80%; 20-90%) |