The value of endometrial histology in suggesting the presence of ectopic gestation.
The practicality of endometrial histology for suggesting the possibility of ectopic gestation was evaluated by a review of two years' experience at the Naval Regional Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia. Using various histologic criteria, we could not predict the presence of ectopic pregnancy. The false-positive rate when we used standard histologic criteria was 97%. The effort on the part of the pathology department to exclude intrauterine pregnancy by through examination of endometrial material was a fruitless exercise and also unnecessarily raised medical costs.
D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006652:Histological Techniques / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity