A Comparative Study of the Endometrial Jet-washing Technic and Endometrial Biopsy

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Abate, Salvatore D., Edwards, Creighton L., and Vellios, Frank: A comparative study of the endometrial jet-washing technic and endometrial biopsy. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 58: 118–122, 1972. A study was undertaken to determine the efficacy of the endometrial jet-washing technic for the detection of endometrial carcinoma. An endometrial biopsy, curettage, or hysterectomy was performed on each patient and the findings were correlated. The endometrial washing procedure and biopsy were done on an outpatient basis without analgesia or anesthesia. The sediment obtained by the endometrial washing procedure was prepared by paraffin section technic and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. One hundred and seventy-two washings were performed. One hundred and fifty-eight of the patients were more than 40 years of age. All six cases of endometrial carcinoma, four of the six cases of invasive cervical carcinoma, and five of the seven cases of carcinoma in situ of the cervix which were encountered were diagnosed by this technic. Only one case of atypical endometrial hyperplasia of the seven cases seen in the series was detected in the jet-washing specimen.

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