Agreement of histopathological findings of preoperative uterine curettage and hysterectomy specimens: impact of time factor and hormonal therapy.

Objectives: To study the agreement of preoperative curettage and definitive histology after hysterectomy as well as the correlation of time factor and hormonal therapy to this agreement.

Methods: This retrospective study was done in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt. Pathology reports of patients exposed to dilatation and curettage followed by hysterectomy during the period from May, 2004 to April, 2011 were reviewed.