Endometrial Curettage in Nonmetastatic Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (NMTD)

Abstract

Endometrial curettage was done in 22 cases with NMTD from January 1979 to December 1986. The histology revealed no trophoblastic tissue in 13 cases, hydatidiform mole in 3 cases, trophoblastic tissue in one case and choriocarcinoma in 5 cases. One of 6 cases with abnormal uterine bleeding had negative curettage. Hysterectomy was done in 6 cases with complete families. All were histologically evident of disease. One case with negative curettage had choriocarcinoma in hys terectomied specimen. Because of the low yield of endometrial curettage, it was suggested only for patients with the symptom of abnormal uterine bleeding. (Thai J Obstet Gynaecol 1992;4: 51-53.)