Diagnostic Accuracy of Saline-Contrast Sonohysterography Guided Biopsy versus Office Biopsy in Endometrial Pathology: an Interventional Study

Mohamad Al-Tannir

doi:10.17303/jwhg.2016.1.103

Abstract

Diagnostic Accuracy of Saline-Contrast Sonohysterography Guided Biopsy versus Office Biopsy in Endometrial Pathology: an Interventional Study

Highlights

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB) is the most common complaint of premenopausal and postmenopausal (PMB) women
Endometrial Office Biopsy (EOB) is one of the initial investigations for women with AUB who are over the age of 40 years [1,3,4,9]
Patients who were over the age of 40 years, had AUB and exhibited abnormal endometria on transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) fit the inclusion criteria

Summary

Introduction

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB) is the most common complaint of premenopausal and postmenopausal (PMB) women. More than 40% of affected women with AUB have been reported to have intrauterine pathologies [5]. The most common causes of AUB in women are endometrial polyps, submucosal fibroids, and endometrial hyperplasia [6]. The reported incidence of endometrial carcinoma is 5%17%; a thorough investigation of women with AUB is warranted [2,3,4,7,8]. Endometrial Office Biopsy (EOB) is one of the initial investigations for women with AUB who are over the age of 40 years [1,3,4,9]. Most pathological lesions are found to be benign and are most often missed with blind sampling techniques [3,7,10,11,12]

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