Table 3.
Description of the procedures performed.
| Procedure | N | Indication | Biopsy/Culture |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puncture and drainage | 9 | Symptomatic pelvic cyst lesion in vaginal vault (peritoneum/inflammatory pelvic disease) | Benign/1 Gram + 1 Adenocarcinoma |
| Myometrial biopsy | 3 | Rule out metastasis/suspicious lesions | Benign (myoma) Metastasis breast carcinoma Benign placental nodule |
| Vaginal vault biopsy | 15 | Previous hysterectomy (carcinoma) | 5 Recurrent endometrial cancer 3 Recurrent cervical cancer 1 Recurrent leiomyosarcoma 1 Glandular atypia/carcinoma 5 Benign |
| Cervical biopsy | 7 | Suspicious cervical mass | 1 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 1 Recurrent non-Hodgkin linfoma 1 Atypical polypoid adenomyoma 1 Sarcoma 1 Urothelial carcinoma 1 Benign 1 Recurrent adenocarcinoma |
| Ovarian/peritoneal mass biopsy | 8 | Suspected nonoperable ovarian tumor/peritoneal carcinomatosis | 5 Ovarian high grade serous carcinoma 1 Adenocarcinoma 1 Carcinosarcoma 1 Peritoneal cancer |
| Other | 1 | Periuretral nodule | Recurrent endometrial cancer |