Simple atrophy

Section Editor: Dharam M. Ramnani, MD

Virginia Urology, Richmond, VA, USA

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Simple atrophy has a basophilic appearance due to a reduction in cytoplasmic volume which leads to a relative increase in nucleus/cytoplasmic ratio. The glands have rounded or angulated outlines.
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