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Efficacy of the Endo-pap Sampler in Detecting Endometrial Lesions

Efficacy of the Endo-pap Sampler in Detecting Endometrial Lesions Acta Cytologica Efficacy of the Endo-pap Sampler in Detecting Endometrial Lesions K. H. van Hoeven, M.D., S. Saeed Zaman, M.D., Randolph B. Deger, M.D., and Renee L. Artymyshyn, M.D. OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of the Endo-pap endometrial biopsy. Endometrial abnormalities were re- sampler, a device used to collect endometrial tissue frag- ported in 19 of 220 patients who underwent endometrial ments for cytologic examination, in detecting endometri- biopsy following a previous Endo-pap smear reported al lesions. as negative for malignancy. STUDY DESIGN: Reports Their diagnoses included en- from 1,983 Endo-pap smears dometrial polyps (14), hyper- Report of an EPS negative for collected from 1,248 outpa- plasia without atypia (3), malignancy that does not satisfactorily tients over a 44-month peri- atypical hyperplasia (1) and explain symptoms cannot obviate the od were retrospectively ex- endometrial adenocarcinoma amined in conjunction with (1) three years after a nega- need for a subsequent endometrial corresponding biopsy or hys- tive Endo-pap smear. biopsy when it appears clinically terectomy reports. Endo-pap CONCLUSION: Although smears, histologic sections the sensitivity and specificity necessary. and clinical information for malignancy were 100%, were reviewed in cases origi- the overall sensitivity for any nally reported as abnormal. pathologic lesion was http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Cytologica Karger

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Publisher
Karger
Copyright
© 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel
ISSN
0001-5547
eISSN
1938-2650
DOI
10.1159/000334000
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Abstract

Acta Cytologica Efficacy of the Endo-pap Sampler in Detecting Endometrial Lesions K. H. van Hoeven, M.D., S. Saeed Zaman, M.D., Randolph B. Deger, M.D., and Renee L. Artymyshyn, M.D. OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of the Endo-pap endometrial biopsy. Endometrial abnormalities were re- sampler, a device used to collect endometrial tissue frag- ported in 19 of 220 patients who underwent endometrial ments for cytologic examination, in detecting endometri- biopsy following a previous Endo-pap smear reported al lesions. as negative for malignancy. STUDY DESIGN: Reports Their diagnoses included en- from 1,983 Endo-pap smears dometrial polyps (14), hyper- Report of an EPS negative for collected from 1,248 outpa- plasia without atypia (3), malignancy that does not satisfactorily tients over a 44-month peri- atypical hyperplasia (1) and explain symptoms cannot obviate the od were retrospectively ex- endometrial adenocarcinoma amined in conjunction with (1) three years after a nega- need for a subsequent endometrial corresponding biopsy or hys- tive Endo-pap smear. biopsy when it appears clinically terectomy reports. Endo-pap CONCLUSION: Although smears, histologic sections the sensitivity and specificity necessary. and clinical information for malignancy were 100%, were reviewed in cases origi- the overall sensitivity for any nally reported as abnormal. pathologic lesion was

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Acta CytologicaKarger

Published: Jan 1, 2011

Keywords: endometrial neoplasms; endometrial diseases; endometrial hyperplasia

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