Evaluation of endometrium by transvaginal ultrasonography and hysteroscopy and its correlation with histopathology in perimenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding at tertiary rural centre
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https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20200368Keywords:
Abnormal uterine bleeding, Histopathology, Hysteroscopy, Transvaginal ultrasonography, perimenopausal womenAbstract
Background: Abnormal uterine bleeding is one of the commonest clinical presentation ac-counts for 33% gynaecological consultations and this proportion rises to 70% in perimenopausal and postmenopausal age group in any gynaecology clinic. The most probable etiology of abnormal uterine bleeding relates to the patients reproductive age. Various diagnostic techniques have been evolved over the periods to determine the etiology of abnormal uterine bleeding in perimenopausal women, but their accuracy has not been compared properly. The aim of study is to evaluate the endometrium by transvaginal ultrasonography and hysteroscopy and its correlation with histopathology in perimenopausal patients with abnormal uterine bleeding.
Methods: Total 96 patients in perimenopausal age group, admitted with chief complaints of ab-normal uterine bleeding were included. All patients underwent transvaginal ultrasonography and hysteroscopy, followed by hysteroscopy guided biopsy and histopathological examination. Accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were calculated for both methods and compared, considering histopathological diagnosis as gold standard.
Results: Mean age of patients was 44.05±3.29. Hysteroscopy has high accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value than Transvaginal sonography for diagnosis of all endometrial and intrauterine pathologies.
Conclusions: Hysteroscopy results are more consistent with the results of histopathology. Hysteroscopy and hysteroscopy guided biopsy has been proven as gold standard for endometrial evaluation of patients with abnormal uterine bleeding. TVS can be used as most cost effective first step investigation in cases of perimenopausal bleeding.
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