Reporting endometrial cells in women 40 years and older: assessing the clinical usefulness of Bethesda 2001

A Simsir, W Carter, P Elgert… - American journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
We assessed the usefulness of revised Bethesda System reporting of exfoliated benign
endometrial cells (EMs) in postmenopausal women. Cervicovaginal cytology specimens …

The clinical significance of benign-appearing endometrial cells on a Papanicolaou test in women 40 years or older

TJ Browne, DR Genest, ES Cibas - American journal of clinical …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The 2001 Bethesda System revision recommends reporting benign-appearing
endometrial cells (BAEMC) in all women 40 years or older, not just in postmenopausal …

Incidence and clinical significance of morphologically benign‐appearing endometrial cells in patients age 40 years or older: The impact of the 2001 Bethesda System

SM Bean, K Connolly, J Roberson… - … Journal of the …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
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) …

Clinical relevance of benign endometrial cells in postmenopausal women

R Ashfaq, S Sharma, T Dulley… - Diagnostic …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Endometrial cells identified in cervical cytology in women≥ 40 years of age: criteria for appropriate endometrial evaluation

HN Beal, J Stone, MJ Beckmann, ME McAsey - American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: No consensus exists regarding evaluation of asymptomatic premenopausal
women with benign endometrial cells (BECs) identified on cervical cytology. We determined …

[HTML][HTML] Significance of finding benign endometrial cells in women 40–45 versus 46 years or older on Papanicolaou tests and histologic follow-up

SM Colletti, GA Tranesh, A Nassar - Cytojournal, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The 2014 Bethesda System recommends reporting the finding of benign-
appearing, exfoliated endometrial cells on Papanicolaou (Pap) tests in women aged 45 …

The Bethesda System 2001 recommendation for reporting of benign appearing endometrial cells in Pap tests of women age 40 years and older leads to unwarranted …

DL Aslan, JP Crapanzano, M Harshan, M Erroll… - Gynecologic …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES.: The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of the Bethesda System
2001 recommendation of reporting cytologically benign appearing endometrial cells (BEC) …

Significance of benign endometrial cells in Papanicolaou tests from women aged≥ 40 years

MJ Thrall, KS Kjeldahl, K Savik… - … Journal of the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract BACKGROUND The 2001 Bethesda System recommends reporting benign
endometrial cells (BECs) in women aged≥ 40 years and considers these women at risk for …

Classification of benign endometrial glandular cells in cervical smears from postmenopausal women

E Brogi, R Tambouret, DA Bell - … International Journal of the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract BACKGROUND The Bethesda System recommends reporting benign endometrial
cells in cervical smears from postmenopausal (PMP) women as a glandular cell abnormality …

Age cut‐off for reporting endometrial cells on a P apanicolaou test: 50 years may be more appropriate than 45 years

VL Weiss, F Cate, L Bloom, O Fadare… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The 2001 Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology includes
documenting'endometrial cells in women≥ 40 years of age '(E40) to help identify …