Concordance between the Hysteroscopic Diagnosis of Endometrial Hyperplasia and Histopathological Examination.

ABSTRACT: The goal of this paper is to assess the concordance between the clinical diagnosis of Endometrial Hyperplasia (EH), suspected by senior gynecologists throughout outpatient office hysteroscopy, and the results from histopathological examination, in order to evaluate hysteroscopic accuracy for EH. A prospective cohort study was done at a Tertiary University Hospital. From January to December 2018, we enrolled women with the following criteria: abnormal uterine bleeding in post-menopause and endometrial thickening in pre-or post-menopause. Patients underwent office hysteroscopy with a 5 mm continuous-flow hysteroscope, and endometrial biopsies were taken using miniaturized instruments. Senior operators had to foresee histopathological diagnosis using a questionnaire. Histopathological examina

SUBMITTER: De Franciscis P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6963519 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature