title: Role of endocervical curettage in the diagnostic workup of preinvasive cervical lesions.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical value of endocervical curettage in the diagnostic workup of patients with colposcopically suspect lesions, by correlating the findings of colposcopically directed biopsy with the results of endocervical curettage in patients with both satisfactory and unsatisfactory colposcopic examination. Our results (positive curettage findings in 55.6% of the patients with unsatisfactory colposcopy and in 16.7% of the patients with satisfactory colposcopy) indicate that endocervical curettage could be a useful guide to correct management.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, II Università degli, Studi di Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sesti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farné
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piccione
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D003127:Colposcopy; D003475:Curettage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*