Aim: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of biopsy by dilatation and curettage in postmenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding. Material and Methods: A prospective observational study conducted with 112 consecutive postmenopausal women. Biopsy by dilatation and curettage was immediately followed by hysteroscopic biopsy and the histologic results were compared. Results: By curettage, although performed under anesthesia, 3/3 (100%) cases of endometrial hyperplasia were reported as normal proliferative endometrium. There were two endometrial cancers (1.8%) and one case was missed as normal endometrium by curettage. Among endometrial polyps, only 3/39 (7.7%) cases were diagnosed by curettage. Conclusions: In postmenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding, biopsy by curettage may be not reliable for evaluation of endometrial pathology.
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Univ Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Ginendo Endoscopy Ctr, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sao Paulo State Univ, Gynecol Endoscopy Serv, Botucatu Sch Med, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sao Paulo State Univ, Post Grad Program Gynecol Obstet & Mastol, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Lasmar, Ricardo Bassil
Dias, Rogerio
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Sao Paulo State Univ, Gynecol Endoscopy Serv, Botucatu Sch Med, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Dias, Rogerio
Mussel Barrozo, Paulo Roberto
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Mussel Barrozo, Paulo Roberto
Pinho Oliveira, Marco Aurelio
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Freire Coutinho, Evandro da Silva
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Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Dept Epidemiol & Quantitat Methods Hlth Care, Natl Sch Publ Hlth, Rio De Janeiro, BrazilUniv Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Freire Coutinho, Evandro da Silva
da Rosa, Daniela Baltar
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Univ Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Ginendo Endoscopy Ctr, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sao Paulo State Univ, Gynecol Endoscopy Serv, Botucatu Sch Med, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sao Paulo State Univ, Post Grad Program Gynecol Obstet & Mastol, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Lasmar, Ricardo Bassil
Dias, Rogerio
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Sao Paulo State Univ, Gynecol Endoscopy Serv, Botucatu Sch Med, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Dias, Rogerio
Mussel Barrozo, Paulo Roberto
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Ginendo Endoscopy Ctr, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sao Paulo State Univ, Post Grad Program Gynecol Obstet & Mastol, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Mussel Barrozo, Paulo Roberto
Pinho Oliveira, Marco Aurelio
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Univ Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, BrazilUniv Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Pinho Oliveira, Marco Aurelio
Freire Coutinho, Evandro da Silva
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Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Dept Epidemiol & Quantitat Methods Hlth Care, Natl Sch Publ Hlth, Rio De Janeiro, BrazilUniv Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Freire Coutinho, Evandro da Silva
da Rosa, Daniela Baltar
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Ginendo Endoscopy Ctr, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sao Paulo State Univ, Post Grad Program Gynecol Obstet & Mastol, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv Estado Rio De Janeiro, Dept Gynecol, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil