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    Pipelle endometrial sampling versus conventional dilatation & curettage in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding
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    Original Investigation
    VOLUME: 14 ISSUE: 1
    P: 1-5
    March 2013

    Pipelle endometrial sampling versus conventional dilatation & curettage in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding

    J Turk Ger Gynecol Assoc 2013;14(1):1-5
    DOI: 10.5152/jtgga.2013.01
    İbrahim Anwar Abdelazim 1
    Amro Aboelezz 2
    Amr Fathy AbdulKareem 3
    1. Department Of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Faculty Of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
    2. Department Of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Al-Azhar University Maternity Hospital, Faculty Of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
    3. Department Of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital, Faculty Of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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    Received Date: 06.11.2012
    Accepted Date: 12.12.2012
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    ABSTRACT

    Objective:

    This study was designed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of Pipelle endometrial sampling with conventional dilatation & curettage in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding.

    Material and Methods:

    One hundred and forty patients with abnormal uterine bleeding were included in this comparative study; where endometrial sampling was carried out before cervical dilatation by Pipelle device followed by conventional dilatation & curettage (D&C). The histopathology report of the Pipelle sample was compared with that of the dilatation & curettage sample and the dilatation & curettage reports were considered as the gold standard.

    Results:

    100% of the samples obtained by conventional D&C, while 97.9% of the samples obtained by the Pipelle device were adequate for histopathological examination. The histolopathological examination of 140 samples obtained by conventional D&C revealed proliferative endometrium in 37 specimens, secretory endometrium in 33 specimens, endometrial hyperplasia in 49 specimens (45 without atypia & 4 with atypia), endometritis in 8 specimens, endometrial polyps in 3 specimens and malignant endometrium in 10 specimens. In this study; the Pipelle device had 100% sensitivity, 100% specificity and 100% accuracy for diagnosing endometrial hyperplasia, endometrial carcinoma, proliferative and secretory endometrium. Also, it had 88.9% sensitivity, and 99.2% negative predictive value (NPV) and 99.3% accuracy for diagnosing endometritis and it had 60% sensitivity, 89.6% NPV and 98.6% accuracy for diagnosing endometrial polyps.

    Conclusion:

    The endometrial sampling using Pipelle is a safe, accurate, cost effective outpatient procedure, which avoids general anesthesia and has a high sensitivity and specificity for detection of endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial malignancy.

    Keywords: Abnormal, dilatation & curettage, endometrial sampling, Pipelle, uterine bleeding

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