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endometrial biopsy
A procedure in which a sample of tissue from the lining of the endometrium is removed for examination to determine if abnormal cells are present. It is a test used to diagnose endometrial cancer.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Diagnostic tests
Level of specialization High
Definition source Medlineplus
Gender relationship Yes, woman
Specific to one sex Yes
Variants
Synonym
endometrial sampling
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

biopsia endometrial

Valenciano

biòpsia endometrial
Associated concepts
Type of
biopsy
May cause
cramping pain
spotting
infection
vaginal bleeding
infection
uterine perforation
Examples
The purpose of collecting endometrial biopsy samples in patients from the study group and control group 2 was to assess the endometrial factor, determining the optimal receptivity window for the ET, guided by the ERA test.
The ET was done following the usual clinical practice according to the ERA test recommendation for the endometrial biopsy.
Collocations
WITH ADJECTIVES
eutopic | premenstrual | fresh | human endometrial biopsy

WITH NOUNS
endometrial biopsy result | endometrial biopsy analysis

time of endometrial biopsy | proportion of endometrial biopsies | profiles of the endometrial biopsies | fragment of endometrial biopsies