Diagnostic accuracy of the MiMark endometrial cell sampler in 101 patients with postmenopausal bleeding.
The efficacy of the MiMark endometrial cell sampler in the cytological assessment of endometrium was evaluated in 101 patients with postmenopausal bleeding. The apparatus was successful in daignosing all but one of the endometrial carcinomas in the series. Reports of its accuracy in diagnosing endometrial hyperplasia and other endometrial pathology cannot be substantiated.
D000368:Aged; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000295:instrumentation*