Significance of normal endometrial cells detected by cervical cytology

A retrospective study was conducted to assess and confirm the significance of normal-appearing endometrial cells detected in cervical cytologic smears in the second half of the menstrual cycle or in the postmenopausal period. Of 440 women with normal endometrial cells identified on routine Papanicol...

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Published inObstetrics and gynecology (New York. 1953) Vol. 71; no. 2; p. 242
Main Authors Cherkis, R C, Patten, Jr, S F, Andrews, T J, Dickinson, J C, Patten, F W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.1988
Subjects
Adenocarcinoma - diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma - pathology
Adult
Cervix Uteri - pathology
Endometrial Hyperplasia - diagnosis
Endometrial Hyperplasia - pathology
Endometrium - pathology
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Papanicolaou Test
Polyps - diagnosis
Polyps - pathology
Retrospective Studies
Uterine Neoplasms - diagnosis
Uterine Neoplasms - pathology
Vaginal Smears
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Summary:A retrospective study was conducted to assess and confirm the significance of normal-appearing endometrial cells detected in cervical cytologic smears in the second half of the menstrual cycle or in the postmenopausal period. Of 440 women with normal endometrial cells identified on routine Papanicolaou smears, 179 underwent further endometrial evaluation. Endometrial disease was identified in 64 (35.7%) of those patients having endometrial sampling and/or hysterectomy within 12 months of the cytologic evaluations. These lesions included 21 cases (11.7%) of endometrial polyps, 23 cases (12.9%) of endometrial hyperplasia, and 20 cases (11.2%) of adenocarcinoma. The frequency of endometrial cancer was positively associated with age (P less than .01). Five of 20 women with endometrial cancer were asymptomatic.
ISSN:0029-7844