Correlation between transvaginal ultrasound measured endometrial thickness and histopathological findings in Turkish women with abnormal uterine bleeding

Alev Ozer, Alev Özer, Serdar Ozer, Serdar Özer, Mine Kanat-Pektas, Mine Kanat-Pektaş
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research · 2016 · vol. 42(5) , pp. 573–578 · doi:10.1111/jog.12937 · PMID:26889745 · W2276830886
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Transvaginal ultrasound endometrial measurements correlated significantly with histopathological findings in Turkish women experiencing abnormal uterine bleeding, aiding preliminary diagnosis.

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AIM: The present study aims to determine how transvaginal ultrasonography and histopathological examination findings are correlated in a cohort of premenopausal and postmenopausal Turkish women with abnormal uterine bleeding. METHODS: This is a retrospective review of 350 Turkish women who underwent transvaginal ultrasonography and suction curettage as a result of abnormal uterine bleeding. RESULTS: Sonographic appearance of the endometrium was normal in 244 patients (69.7%), while homogeneous thickening was detected in 47 patients (13.4%) and cystic thickening in 21 patients (6.0%). A sonographic diagnosis of endometrial polyp was made in 38 patients (10.9%). Histopathological analysis of endometrial samplings revealed proliferative endometrium (36%), secretory endometrium (24.6%), decidualization (10.9%), endometrial polyp (8.3%), endometritis (6.8%), endometrial hyperplasia (4.6%), irregular shedding (3.7%), atrophic endometrium (3.1%), endometrial cancer (1.1%) and placental retention (0.9%). The sonographic and histopathological findings correlated significantly (χ(2) = 122 768, P = 0.001; r = 0.215, P = 0.001). Approximately 51% of the women with homogeneous endometrial thickening had proliferative endometrium. Only 44.7% of the women with ultrasonographically visualized endometrial polyps had histopathologically diagnosed endometrial polyps. Nearly 57% of the women with cystic endometrial thickening had proliferative endometrium. CONCLUSION: If there is no facility for hysteroscopy or hysteroscopy-guided endometrial biopsy for women with abnormal uterine bleeding, transvaginal ultrasonography findings can be efficiently used to make a preliminary diagnosis and, thus, notify the pathologists.

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Endometrium Endometrium Metrorrhagia Metrorrhagia Pelvis Ultrasonography Adult Asian People Endometrium Female Humans Metrorrhagia Metrorrhagia Middle Aged Pelvis Postmenopause Premenopause Retrospective Studies Turkey Ultrasonography

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