In this study, the histopathological diagnoses pertaining to curettage material and the clinical necessity and results of endometrial curettagein age groups of patients in our region who had curettage due to abnormal uterine bleeding were studied. Thehistopathological diagnoses of patients with the above-mentioned criteria were scanned, excluding those related to pregnancy. 409 cases were re-ex...

OBJECTIVE To assess the utility of hysterosonography (HS) as a screening method in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) and HS for 105 patients whose diagnosis was confirmed pathologically. All 105 patients were initially evaluated on the same day with both TVS and HS. On TVS and HS examination, endometri...

Tamoxifen has been widely used for adjuvant treatment of breast cancer, but several gynecological side effects have been noted, including endometrial hyperplasia, polyp and carcinoma. Polypoid endometriosis is one of the extremely rare benign complications associated with tamoxifen therapy. A 66-year-old postmenopausal woman, who had received left partial mastectomy due to breast cancer (about ...

Introduction: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is considered as one of the most common problems both to the patient and the gynecologist. Until the pathology underlying atypical uterine bleeding is accurately diagnosed, proper therapy is hardly possible. The objectives of the study were to determine the types and frequencies of pathologies in endometrial curettings of abnormal uterine bleeding &...

CONTEXT Postmenopausal vaginal bleeding is a common clinical problem. Endovaginal ultrasound (EVUS) is a noninvasive diagnostic test that may help determine which women should undergo endometrial biopsy. OBJECTIVE To determine the accuracy of EVUS in detecting endometrial disease in postmenopausal women with vaginal bleeding according to hormone replacement use. DATA SOURCES Literature sear...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of endometrial polyps in patients with uterine fibroids and associated factors of coexistence of these two pathologies. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of 772 patients who underwent hysterectomy because of uterine fibroids were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups according to the presence of...

background: assessment of uterine abnormalities is a core part in infertility evaluation. objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of three-dimensional hysterosonography (3-dhs) in the diagnosis of uterine abnormalities in infertile women. materials and methods: the infertile women who visited royan institute and referred to 3-dhs consecutively, prior to ...