Diagnostic Dilemma Due to Discrepancy in Histopathological Report of Endometrial Fractional Curettage

This is a case report of a patient with perimenopausal polymenorrhagia from a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai wherein the endometrial fractional curettage report showed Papillary Serous Carcinoma (a rare tumor) but review biopsy report revealed it to be hyperplasia with no evidence of malignancy. Patient underwent Total Abdominal Hysterectomy with Bilateral Salpingo oophorectomy HPR showed Simple hyperplasia. Thus proper clinical judgment can lead to proper diagnosis and thus proper management.

Author(s): Shalini Mahana and Som Biswas

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