Classification of microhysteroscopic images and their correlation with histologic diagnoses.
OBJECTIVE
To confirm that images observed at hysteroscopy correlate with histopathologic diagnoses.


METHODS
Double-blind study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).


METHODS
Gynecologic cancer center, private institute.


METHODS
One thousand four hundred thirty-six uterine cavities.


METHODS
Hysteroscopy.


RESULTS
Images were classified as normal hysteroscopy, benign lesion, low-risk hyperplasia, high-risk hyperplasia, and carcinoma. A hysteroscopic diagnosis was made and biopsy specimens were obtained with Kevorkian-type curettes or Sims curettes. Tissues were studied by a pathologist, after which we compared endoscopic diagnoses with anatopathologic diagnoses. Significant correlation was found between suspicion based on images and histologic confirmation (p = 0.001). The Cramer V coefficient, which measures the relationship between both methods, was high: 0.925. The Cramer V coefficient takes values ranging from zero, to indicate lack of correlation, to 1, to indicate perfect correlation. A lambda symmetry coefficient of 0.96 is interpreted as probable improvement in the prediction of histologic diagnosis based on images.


CONCLUSIONS
This classification system can be useful for a systematic approach to hysteroscopic findings and to improve communication among specialists. It is based on the degree of hysteroscopic suspicion aimed at early detection of endometrial cancer and its precursor lesions.
Department of Hysteroscopy, Instituto Argentino de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jorge E
JE
Dotto
Baltasar
B
Lema
Jorge E
JE
Dotto
Jacques
J
Hamou
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000145:classification*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004714:Endometrial Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D017697:Premenopause; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity