The 2001 Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology recommends reporting benign
exfoliated endometrial cells in women age 40 and older, and a review of the literature …

The success of the routine Papanicolaou (pap) smear in reducing the incidence and
mortality of cervical cancer has been chronicled extensively. Unfortunately, endometrial …

We assessed the usefulness of revised Bethesda System reporting of exfoliated benign
endometrial cells (EMs) in postmenopausal women. Cervicovaginal cytology specimens …

Abstract We studied 1,183 Papanicolaou (Pap) cytology cases (739 with normal endometrial
cells [nEMCs], 423 with atypical EMCs [aEMCs], and 21 with endometrial cancer cells …

Background Exfoliated endometrial cells can be seen in cervical smears in association with
a wide variety of conditions ranging from normal proliferative endometrium to endometrial …

Abstract BACKGROUND The 2001 Bethesda System recommends reporting benign
endometrial cells (BECs) in women aged≥ 40 years and considers these women at risk for …

Our objective was to determine if the finding of benign endometrial cells on a Papanicolaou
(Pap) smear of a postmenopausal woman is associated with endometrial/uterine pathology …

Objective. The aim of this study is to assess the significance of normal endometrial cells
identified in screening Pap smears from asymptomatic postmenopausal women taking …

Abstract BACKGROUND The 2001 Bethesda System (TBS 2001) introduced a new
diagnostic category—normal endometrial cells in women age 40 years or older (EM≥ 40) …

Abstract BACKGROUND The Bethesda System recommends reporting benign endometrial
cells in cervical smears from postmenopausal (PMP) women as a glandular cell abnormality …