[Thin-layer cytology in endometrial diagnosis].
Our purpose was to test the liquid-based thin layer method on the endometrial cytology. One hundred sixty two consecutive patients before the hysterectomy (55 women because of various causes; 107 asymptomatic postmenopausal women because of prolapsed uterus) had the endometrial cytology (all women) and the biopsy (107 postmenopausal women prolapsed uterus affected). Cytohistologic concordance was 98%: all endometrial neoplasms and atypical hyperplasia (10 cases) and 15 of the 18 (83%) simple hyperplasias were diagnosed by thin layer endometrial cytology. In asymptomatic postmenopausal women cytology gave sufficient material for the diagnosis significantively more often than endometrial biopsy (respectively 82% and 24%; p = 0.000).
Dipartimento di Patologia Umana e Oncologia, Università di Firenze, viale G.B. Morgagni 85, 50134 Firenze. ambuccoliero@unifi.it
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D004714:Endometrial Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D016591:Histocytological Preparation Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000473:pathology