ASSESSMENT OF RELIABILITY OF ENDOMETRIAL BRUSH CYTOLOGY TO DETERMINE THE ETIOLOGY OF ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING AND POSTMENOPAUSAL BLEEDING


Yavuz E., Malatyalioglu E., Sakinci M., Akpolat I., TOSUN M., Bıldırcın Gökyar F. D.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, cilt.9, sa.4, ss.202-210, 2012 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5505/tjod.2012.22438
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.202-210
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: abnormal uterine bleeding, endometrial cytology, endometrial full curettage
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: To demonstrate diagnostic efficacy of endometrial cytologic sampling for detection of endometrial pathologies (endometrial hyperplasias and cancers), by comparing endometrial full curettage and endometrial cytologic smear pathologic results performed in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding.