title: [Hysteroscopy in the diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the diagnostic value of hysteroscopy in endometrial cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  216 patients underwent hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy. A comparison was made between hysteroscopic impression and histological examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sensitivity of hysteroscopy for diagnosing of endometrial cancer was 83.33%, specificity was 99.04%, positive predictive value was 71.42% and negative predictive value was 99.52%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hysteroscopy was found to have a very important role in the diagnosis of endometrial cancer.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ginecologia, Ostetricia e Fisiopatologia della Riproduzione Umana, Università degli Studi Federico II, Napoli.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bramante
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sparice
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lavitola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pellicano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Acunzo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cirillo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nappi
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity