Cytomorphologic appearances of normal endometrial cells during different phases of the menstrual cycle: A cytologic approach to endometrial dating
✍ Scribed by Liang-Che Tao
- Book ID
- 102817357
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1020 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
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✦ Synopsis
From I983 to 1992, 156 endometrial cytologic preparations were procured by directly brushing hysterectomy specimens from premenopausal women with normal endometrium and regular menstruation. These brushing smears were obtained by using the cytobrush and/or the endometrial brush. The cytologicJndings were correlated with histologic endornetrial dating. Of these, 56 cases were classified as proliferative phase endometrium; 89, secretory phase: and I I, menstrual phase. The cytomorphologic features of endometrial glandular and stromal cells at drfferent stages of the menstrual cycle are summarized and compared. On the basis of the direrent cytomorphologic features of glandular and stromal cells seen during various phases of the cycle, cytologic differentiation between proliferative phase and secretory phase endometria can be readib established. It appears possible to date the endometrium by direct endometrial brushing technique. It is also possible to determine i f the glandular and/or stromal cells seen in the endocervical smears procured by the cytobrush are normal endometrial cells from cytobrush extraction, and are consistent with the date of the menstrual cycle, which should be made clear in the cytology report. Diagn Cytopathol 1995;13:95-102.