Re: Gyn: Endometrial Cells on pap

From: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C. (johnprov@sympatico.ca)
Wed Mar 28 04:32:04 2007


At Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Garry E. Siegel, M.D. wrote: >
>Listers:
>
>What is the proper follow-up for a pap with benign endometrial cells in
>a 43 YO P2002 who was not menstruating or spotting? There was no
>abnormality noted of the squamous component.
>
>I'll google this, too. The ACOG 2005 cytology Practice Bulletin didn't
>mention this, or I missed it.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Garry
>
>--
>Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
>Private Practice
>Roswell, GA
>

I see about a dozen of these a month, on many of these endometrial sampling is recomended. Do I really believe sampling is required on all these cases, no; but I do it anyway ;have only come up with a few hyperplasias with atypia on the 43 year olds , have come up with some endometrial ca's in the > then 50 crowd. All you have to do is miss that one case and we all know how that goes.

--
                                 Take care, John




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