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THE CYTOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIAL PATHOLOGY USING A UTERINE ASPIRATION TECHNIQUE
Author(s) -
Wachtel Erica,
Gordon H.,
Wycherley J.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1973.tb02174.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endometrium , cytology , carcinoma , gynecology , pathology , radiology , obstetrics
Summary Seventy patients were studied using a new negative pressure uterine aspiration technique to obtain samples for endometrial cytology. Normal cytological findings were associated with a normal endometrium in all cases. There was difficulty in precise diagnosis when the cytology was abnormal, and the reasons for this are discussed. Nevertheless the method may well be of value in the early diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma.