Diagnostic Utility of Endocervical Curettage in Women Undergoing Colposcopy for Equivocal or Low-Grade Cytologic Abnormalities

Abstract

As an ancillary diagnostic technique to colposcopically directed biopsy, ECC is of questionable value in younger women. However, in women aged 40 and older, the sensitivity of colposcopic biopsy decreased and the sensitivity of ECC increased. Thus, ECC may be useful in older women undergoing colposcopy for equivocal or mildly abnormal cytology.