['To study the value of prehysterectomy curettage in women referred on the suggestion of uterine fibroids.', 'A retrospective study.', 'Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen.', 'Four hundred and eleven patients with a curettage prior to hysterectomy on suspicion of uterine fibroids.', 'Histological accuracy, frequency of (pre)malignancies and clinical consequences due to routine curettage.', 'Curettage disclosed two cases of endometrial cancer and four cases of CIN. It missed two cases of CIN and one case of endometrial cancer in a postmenopausal women. In no case did the final histology disclose diseases that had not been taken care of during the laparotomy.'] Is prehysterectomy curettage in women with uterine fibromyomata worthwhile?