Preoperative risk stratification is essential in tailoring endometrial cancer treatment, and biomarkers predicting lymph node metastasis and aggressive disease are aspired in clinical practice. DNA ...

Objectives: We sought to determine the reliability of tumor typing and grading at the prehysterectomy curettage biopsy in patients with endometrial carcinoma. We also wanted to evaluate the overall ...

Uterine mesenchymal tumors continue to be a challenge to diagnose due to their non-specific clinical presentation, often non-distinctive gross appearance, varied (and many times overlapping) ...

A notably minor surgical procedure, dilation and curettage is the removal of tissue from inside the uterus. The cervix (lower, narrow part of your uterus) is first dilated and a special instrument ...

Q. I am 70 and have a large uterine polyp. Because I had profuse bleeding during menopause and painful biopsies after abnormal Pap smears, I would like to have a hysterectomy and be done with the ...

>2000 IU/l (TVS) 0.81 •A serum hCG of >2000 IU/l was found to indicate an ectopic pregnancy in women with no signs of an ectopic pregnancy on TVS •In women where TVS showed an ectopic mass or fluid in ...

IT is necessary to reappraise the clinical importance of septic processes in gynecology since the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Septic abortions are not often seen in general ...

When is endocervical curettage (ECC) recommended as part of the evaluation of postmenopausal vaginal bleeding? —Mary McCrossan, MD, Wilmington, Del. ECC is warranted in a woman with postmenopausal ...