IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 41 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.12891/ceog16402014

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Original Research
Frozen section of uterine curetting in excluding the possibility of ectopic pregnancy - a clinicopathologic study of 715 cases
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1 Department of Pathology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University school of Medicine, Shanghai (China)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2014, 41(4), 419–422; https://doi.org/10.12891/ceog16402014
Published: 10 August 2014
Abstract

Introduction: To investigate the utility of frozen section of uterine curetting in excluding the possibility of ectopic pregnancy (EP). Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of 715 curetting records in the present hospital from July 1999 to May 2009 was obtained. All specimens were processed routinely with frozen section and paraffin section. Results: Of 715 cases, frozen section analyses were discordant in 33 cases (4.6%), including 32 cases under-diagnosed, and one case over-diagnosed, compared with the final diagnoses. Frozen section had a sensitivity of 92.6%, specificity of 99.6%, and frozen section accuracy rate of 95.4%. Conclusions: Frozen section is a useful and rapid method to differentiate EP from intrauterine pregnancy.
Keywords
Uterin curetting
Ectopic pregnancy
Frozen section
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