title: Prognostic significance of positive peritoneal cytology in endometrial carcinoma.
abstract: A retrospective review of 280 patients with endometrial carcinoma who had peritoneal cytologic examination done at the time of laparotomy was undertaken. A positive cytologic finding was the only manifestation of extrauterine disease in 16 patients (6%). Four (25%) of these patients had a recurrence. Only 13 (5%) of 237 patients with negative cytologic findings had a recurrence. Positive peritoneal cytology is a marker for potential recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mazurka
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Krepart
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lotocki
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*