title: The ability of endometrial biopsies with atypical complex hyperplasia to guide surgical management.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was undertaken to determine the clinical relevance of "qualifying comments" on pathology reports of complex atypical endometrial hyperplasia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review of endometrial biopsy specimens with atypical hyperplasia at our institutions was performed if subsequent hysterectomy results were available for review. Endometrial biopsy results were graded on an ordinal scale (complex atypical endometrial hyperplasia vs atypical endometrial hyperplasia "cannot rule out a more severe lesion") and compared with pathology obtained at hysterectomy. Data were analyzed by using Fisher's exact test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Endometrial biopsy specimens were associated with carcinoma in 37.5% (18/48) of complex atypical endometrial hyperplasia cases and in 60% (18/30) of atypical endometrial hyperplasia-cancer cases. Atypical endometrial hyperplasia-cancer on biopsy was associated with an increased risk of discovering a malignancy at intermediate/high-risk for lymph node involvement (odds ratio 4.71, P = .0256).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Biopsy specimens that show atypical endometrial hyperplasia-cancer are associated with an increased risk of finding a cancer at intermediate or high risk for nodal metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Caela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bidus
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pulcini
authors.forename: G Larry
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cosin
authors.forename: G Scott
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D004714:Endometrial Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D047648:Perimenopause; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors