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

A retrospective study was conducted to assess and confirm the significance of normal-
appearing endometrial cells detected in cervical cytologic smears in the second half of the …

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 …

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 …

Objectives To estimate the prevalence of normal endometrial cells (NECs) and the
proportion of NECs associated with significant endometrial pathology in conventional and …

One hundred eighty-eight women who had endometrial cells on cervical cytologic
specimens during the secretary phase or in the postmenopausal period were studied …

The objective of this study was to determine whether postmenopausal asymptomatic women
with normal endometrial cells in their smear are at higher risk for endometrial pathology …

Exfoliated endometrial cells are a normal finding in cervical cytology preparations from
women of reproductive age and are commonly seen during menses and the proliferative …

Objective. The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical relevance of reporting the
presence of normal endometrial cells in the Pap smears of women over the age of 35 years …

OBJECTIVE: No consensus exists regarding evaluation of asymptomatic premenopausal
women with benign endometrial cells (BECs) identified on cervical cytology. We determined …