[Is diagnostic curettage sufficient prior to endometrial ablation? Case of an early stage endometrial cancer]

Ceska Gynekol. 2005 Nov;70(6):449-52.
[Article in Slovak]

Abstract

Objective: To demonstrate a case of unrecognized endometrial cancer at endometrial ablation.

Subject: Case report.

Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Pathology, Jessenius Faculty Hospital, Martin, Slovakia.

Subject and method: Authors describe a case of an early endometrial cancer diagnosed from material obtained by bipolar loop electrode during endometrial ablation.

Conclusion: Authors poing out insufficiency of curettage as a method of endometrial biopsy prior to ablation. Using of the loop electrode may minimize the incidence of unrecognized malignancies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid / pathology
  • Catheter Ablation
  • Dilatation and Curettage*
  • Endometrial Hyperplasia / pathology
  • Endometrial Hyperplasia / surgery*
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Endometrial Neoplasms / pathology
  • Endometrium / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged