Diagnostic usefulness of endometrial aspiration cytology for endometrial cancer cases with normal curettage findings

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 507-512

  Kawana, Kei ^a,b   Yamada, Manabu ^a,b   Jimbo, Haruko ^a   Shirai, Takako ^a   Takahashi, Michiko ^a   Sano, Yusaku ^a   Shiromizu, Kenji ^a  

^a SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Curettage; Endometrial cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 24944520906     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326196     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Yoshida Y, Sato S, Okamura C, Nishino Y, Yajima A: Evaluating the accuracy of uterine cancer screening with the regional cancer registration system. Acta Cytol 2001;45:157-162
2. Tajima M, Inamura M, Nakamura M, Sudo Y, Yamagishi K: The accuracy of endometrial cytology in the diagnosis of endometrial adenocarcinoma. Cytopathology 1998;9:369-380
3. Van den Bosch T, Vandendael A, Wranz PA, Lombard CJ: Endo-pap versus Pipelle sampling in the diagnosis of postmenopausal endometrial disease. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1996;64:91-94
4. Spencer CP, Whitehead MI: Endometrial assessment re-visited. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1999;106:623-632
5. Stovall TG, Solomon SK, Ling FW: Endometrial sampling prior to hysterectomy. Obstet Gynecol 1989;73:405-409
6. Stock RJ, Kanbour A: Prehysterectomy curettage. Obstet Gynecol 1975;45:537-541
7. Word B, Gravlee LC, Wideman GL: The fallacy of simple uterine curettage. Obstet Gynecol 1958;12:642-647
8. Woodruff JD, Erozan YS, Genadry R: Adenocarcinoma arising in adenomyosis detected by atypical cytology. Obstet Gynecol 1986;67:145-148
9. Kawana K, Shirai T, Jimbo H, Yoshida M, Takahashi M, Nishida K, Sano Y, Shiromizu K: Endometrial cytology in early diagnosis of adenocarcinoma arising from adenomyosis uteri. Acta Cytol 2002;46:612-614
10. Kuwashima Y, Uehara T, Kishi K, Tajima H, Shiromizu K, Matsuzawa M, Takayama S: Intramural adenocarcinoma of the uterus, arisen from adenomyosis uteri, showing unique histologic appearances. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 1994;15:418-423
11. Bettocchi S, Ceci O, Vicino M, Marello F, Impedovo L, Selvaggi L: Diagnostic inadequacy of dilatation and curettage. Fertil Steril 2001;75:803-805
12. Zaino RJ, Kurman RJ, Diana KL, Morrow CP: Pathologic models to predict outcome for women with endometrial adenocarcinoma: The importance of the distinction between surgical stage and clinical stage: A Gynecologic Oncology Group study. Cancer 1996;77:1115-1121
13. Ambros RA, Kurman RJ: Combined assessment of vascular and myometrial invasion as a model to predict prognosis in stage I endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the uterine corpus. Cancer 1992;69:1424-1431
14. Jobo T, Arai M, Iwaya H, Kato Y, Ohno E, Kuramoto H: Usefulness of endometrial aspiration cytology for the preoperarive diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma. Acta Cytol 1999;43:104-109
15. Takeshima N, Hirai Y, Yamauchi K, Hasumi K: Clinical usefulness of endometrial aspiration cytology and CA125 in the detection of fallopian tube carcinoma. Acta Cytol 1997;41: 1445-1450
16. Dijkhuizen PH, Mol BW, Brolmann HA, Heintz AP: The accuracy of endometrial sampling in the diagnosis of patients with endometrial carcinoma and hyperplasia: A meta-analysis. Cancer 2000;89:1765-1772