title: [Is diagnostic curettage sufficient prior to endometrial ablation? Case of an early stage endometrial cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate a case of unrecognized endometrial cancer at endometrial ablation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Pathology, Jessenius Faculty Hospital, Martin, Slovakia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Authors describe a case of an early endometrial cancer diagnosed from material obtained by bipolar loop electrode during endometrial ablation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Authors poing out insufficiency of curettage as a method of endometrial biopsy prior to ablation. Using of the loop electrode may minimize the incidence of unrecognized malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Gynekologicko-pôrodnicka klinika JLF UK a MFN, Martin, Slovenská republika. silvestergalo@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zúbor
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Macháleková
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Szunyogh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Visnovský
mesh_terms: D018269:Carcinoma, Endometrioid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D004714:Endometrial Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged