title: Fractional curettage, hysteroscopy and imaging techniques: transvaginal sonography (TVS), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of cervical canal involvement in cases of endometrial carcinoma.
abstract: The value of preoperative diagnostic procedures (FC, hysteroscopy, TVS, MRI, CT) used to evaluate cervical canal involvement in cases of endometrial carcinoma was assessed. The results of these diagnostic methods were compared to postoperative pathologic examination results. Evaluation of the cervix by CT was limited. High NPV of the rest of the methods together with their negative results allowed us to exclude cervical infiltration with a high probability. Alas, none of them was adequate to confirm the presence of cervical involvement because of their low PPV which ranged from 8.3% (hysteroscopy) to 50% (MRI). Among all these diagnostic procedures TVS was relatively efficient (77.8%), specific (78%), sensitive (75%) and inexpensive. This method is preferable in the evaluation of possible cervical infiltration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, II Faculty of Medicine, The Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kietlińska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stelmachów
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antczak-Judycka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Timorek
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sawicki
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tymińska
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology