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dc.contributor.authorParaskevaidis, E.en
dc.contributor.authorKalantaridou, S. N.en
dc.contributor.authorPapadimitriou, D.en
dc.contributor.authorPappa, L.en
dc.contributor.authorMalamou-Mitsi, V.en
dc.contributor.authorZikopoulos, K.en
dc.contributor.authorKazantzis, E.en
dc.contributor.authorLolis, E. D.en
dc.contributor.authorAgnantis, N. J.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T19:09:18Z-
dc.date.available2015-11-24T19:09:18Z-
dc.identifier.issn0250-7005-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/20687-
dc.rightsDefault Licence-
dc.subjectAdulten
dc.subjectBiopsyen
dc.subjectEndometrium/*pathology/*ultrasonographyen
dc.subjectFemaleen
dc.subjectHumansen
dc.subject*Menopauseen
dc.subjectMiddle Ageden
dc.subjectProspective Studiesen
dc.subjectUterine Hemorrhage/*pathology/*ultrasonographyen
dc.titleTransvaginal uterine ultrasonography compared with endometrial biopsy for the detection of endometrial disease in perimenopausal women with uterine bleedingen
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.enJournal articleen
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12168877-
heal.languageen-
heal.accesscampus-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικήςel
heal.publicationDate2002-
heal.abstractBACKGROUND: Almost 70% of all gynecological consultations in perimenopausal women are related to irregular uterine bleeding. In this prospective study, we compared endometrial assessment by transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) in perimenopausal women with irregular uterine bleeding to histological assessment and tested whether the TVS was effective as a diagnostic tool for the detection of endometrial pathology in these women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty consecutive perimenopausal women complaining of irregular uterine bleeding participated in the study. The women were evaluated by transvaginal scans, performed immediately before endometrial biopsy. The ultrasonographic results were compared with the histological diagnosis obtained from the endometrial biopsy. RESULTS: Sixty-seven out of 80 women (83.7%) had normal histological findings, whereas 13 (16.3%) had abnormal findings. No endometrial cancer was diagnosed in this cohort of women. In the 67 women with a histological diagnosis of normal endometrium, mean+/-SD endometrial thickness was 10.5+/-4.0 mm (range 4.0-18.5 mm), whereas the corresponding value in the 13 women with abnormal findings was 18.7+/-3.8 mm (range 13.5-22.5 mm). If a 13 mm cut-off limit was used for endometrial thickness, which would include all abnormal cases, the sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive values were 100%, 71.64% and 40.62%, respectively. CONCLUSION: TVS can identify women with perimenopausal bleeding in which the likelihood of endometrial pathology is high and in which tissue sampling should be performed. Thus, TVS can be a primary method of selecting women with perimenopausal bleeding who must be further investigated with more invasive methods such as endometrial biopsy.en
heal.journalNameAnticancer Researchen
heal.journalTypepeer-reviewed-
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