Atypical endometrial cells and atypical glandular cells favor endometrial origin in Papanicolaou cervicovaginal tests: Correlation with histologic follow-up and abnormal clinical presentations

CytoJournal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Longwen ^a,b   Booth, Christine ^a   Shorie, Julie ^a   Brainard, Jennifer ^a   Zarka, Matthew ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal vaginal bleeding; atypical endometrial cells; histologic follow up; liquid based Pap test

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL ENDOMETRIAL CELL; ATYPICAL GLANDULAR CELL; ENDOCERVICAL POLYP; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRECANCER; UTERINE CERVIX ADENOCARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS METASTASIS; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 85001944887     PISSN: 09745963     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1742-6413.144686     Document Type: Article

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