… In our series 9% (14/132) of the women with endometrial cells in their Pap smears showed
endometrial disease on subsequent follow-up biopsy. It has recently been suggested by …

… the presence of normal endometrial cells in Papanicolaou smears had no clinical relevance.
… of normal endometrial cells in the Papanicolaou smears of patients with known endometrial …

… benign endometrial cells on Papanicolaou smears from postmenopausal women and to
compare the prevalence and histologic diagnosis among women with benign endometrial cells …

… endometrial debris and abnormal endometrial cells is considered to be the hint for endometrial
… the efficacy of Papanicolaou (Pap) smears in detecting endometrial cancers. Study …

… endometrial cancer were more likely to have had endometrial cells in a previous Pap smear
… -up and that women with endometrial cells in their Pap smears were, when followup was …

… Although studies have shown that the Papanicolaou test has … endometrial cancer,3-6 normal
endometrial cells (nEMC) have traditionally been reported when observed in Papanicolaou …

… test. Pap tests also evaluate endometrial cells when present, but multiple studies have
shown that the Pap test has low sensitivity and a low positive predictive value in the detection of …

… There were 4 patients in the study and 47 in the control groups who had uterine … Pap
smears of ≥40-years-old women signal no significance as a harbinger of endometrial …

… biopsies in women older than 40 years: in our laboratory, as in others, endometrial cells had
been reported in premenopausal women older than 40 years as a normal finding before the …

… and without benign endometrial cells seen on Pap test. Our assumption is that much of the
follow-up performed in the group with benign endometrial cells seen in the Pap test will be at …