Table III.
Relation between the results of the aspiration biopsy and the definite diagnosis
| AB results | Definite diagnosis at the end of the study | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | BP | HNA | HWA | AC | Total | |
| IS | 49 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 76 |
| Normal | 135 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 170 |
| BP | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| HNA | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| HWA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| AC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| Total | 185 | 56 | 18 | 2 | 44 | 305 |
AB – aspiration biopsy, Normal – weakly proliferative atrophic endometrium or with secondary changes to treatment, BP – benign pathology (polyp or myoma), HNA – hyperplasia with no atypia, HWA – hyperplasia with atypia, AC – adenocarcinoma, IS – insufficient sample.