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curettage
(redirected from endometrial curettage)

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curettage [‚kyu̇·rə′täzh]
(medicine)
Scraping of the inside of a body cavity or the hollow of an organ with a curet.
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I read with interest the article by Fadare et al (1) concerning the histology of radio-frequency endometrial ablation, especially after reviewing a recent endometrial curettage specimen in our institution from a woman with a prior hydrothermal ablation for menorrhagia.
Decidual vasculopathic-like lesion in endometrial ablation by Katzman, Philip J.; Fadare, Oluwole; Tavassoli, Fattaneh A. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Surgical procedures included hysterectomy (either total abdominal or total vaginal) in 6 patients, endometrial biopsies in 4 patients, and endometrial curettage in 1 patient.
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Women in HNPCC families should have endometrial curettage or aspiration biopsy and transvaginal ovarian ultrasound annually starting at age 25 to 30.
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