Research Article
A Structured Assessment to Decrease the Amount of Inconclusive Endometrial Biopsies in Women with Postmenopausal Bleeding
Table 2
Reassessment of endometrial samples.
| | Patient | Macroscopic | Amount (cm2) | Quality | Diagnosis |
| | 1 | 5 mL mucus | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 2 | Tissue 15 × 3 mm | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 3 | 0.5 mL tissue | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 4 | Just mucus and blood | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 5 | 1 mL tissue | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 6 | Just mucus and blood | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 7 | Some tissue 1 to 4 mm | <0.5 | Superficial endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 8 | Some white tissue | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 9 | Red/brown mucinous tissue | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 10 | Very little mucinous tissue | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 11 | Very little grey/red material | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 12 | Some grey/red tissue fragments maximum 3 cm | >2.0 | Large amount of endometrial tissue | Hyperplasia without atypia | | 13 | Little grey/brown material | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 14 | Hardly any material | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 15 | Very little grey/brown material | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 16 | 1 mL mucus | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 17 | 0.5 mL mucus | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 18 | <0.5 mL mucus | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 19 | Some tissue fragments <0.5 mm | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 20 | 0.5 mL mucinous bloody material | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 21 | 15 mL mucinous material | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 22 | <0.25 mL mucus | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 23 | Some mucinous fragments | <0.5 | Superficial endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 24 | 0.5 mL mucinous bloody material | <0.5 | Superficial endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 25 | 0.5 mL material | <0.5 | Superficial endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 26 | Some very small fragments | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 27 | 0.5 mL mucinous material | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 28 | <0.5 mL mucinous material | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 29 | Three mucinous fragments 1-2 mm | <0.5 | Superficial endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 30 | 0.5 mL mucinous material | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 31 | <0.25 mL mucus | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 32 | 0.25 mL mucus | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 33 | <0.2 mL material | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 34 | Just mucus | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 35 | 0.2 mL material | <0.5 | Superficial endometrial tissue | No diagnosis | | 36 | Mucinous material | <0.5 | No endometrial tissue | No diagnosis |
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