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[Hysteroscopic study in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding]. 1994

T Neumann, and J Astudillo

Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Hospital Clínico, J. J. Aguirre, Universidad de Chile.

The experience of hysteroscopy performed in our Service in Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB) is presented in order to show the utility of this procedure as a diagnostic method and compare these results with Dilatation and Curettage (DC). Eighty five patients underwent diagnostic hysteroscopy procedure, followed by DC; 54 were postmenopausal (63.6%) and 31 were premenopausal (36.4%). The distention media used was liquid. In 47 patients (55.2%) the hysteroscopic diagnostic was normal or atrophic endometrium, in 16 patients (18.8%) was hyperplasia, in 17 patients (20%) was endometrial polyp, 4 cases (4.7%) were described as cancer and in 1 case (1.3%) the diagnostic was bone metaplasia. We compared the results with the histology of DC obtaining a correlation of 93%. These results confirm the high accuracy of this procedure as a diagnostic method in uterine bleeding regarding its specificity and sensibility.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008796	Metrorrhagia	Abnormal uterine bleeding that is not related to MENSTRUATION, usually in females without regular MENSTRUAL CYCLE. The irregular and unpredictable bleeding usually comes from a dysfunctional ENDOMETRIUM.	Bleeding Between Periods,Breakthrough Bleeding,Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding,Intermenstrual Bleeding,Spotting,Bleeding, Breakthrough,Dysfunctional Uterine Bleedings,Uterine Bleeding, Dysfunctional
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D004107	Dilatation and Curettage	Dilatation of the cervix uteri followed by a scraping of the endometrium with a curette.	Curettage and Dilatation,Dilatation & Curettage
D004714	Endometrial Hyperplasia	Benign proliferation of the ENDOMETRIUM in the UTERUS. Endometrial hyperplasia is classified by its cytology and glandular tissue. There are simple, complex (adenomatous without atypia), and atypical hyperplasia representing also the ascending risk of becoming malignant.	Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia,Complex Endometrial Hyperplasia,Simple Endometrial Hyperplasia,Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasias,Complex Endometrial Hyperplasias,Endometrial Hyperplasia, Atypical,Endometrial Hyperplasia, Complex,Endometrial Hyperplasia, Simple,Endometrial Hyperplasias,Endometrial Hyperplasias, Atypical,Endometrial Hyperplasias, Complex,Endometrial Hyperplasias, Simple,Hyperplasia, Atypical Endometrial,Hyperplasia, Complex Endometrial,Hyperplasia, Endometrial,Hyperplasia, Simple Endometrial,Hyperplasias, Atypical Endometrial,Hyperplasias, Complex Endometrial,Hyperplasias, Endometrial,Hyperplasias, Simple Endometrial,Simple Endometrial Hyperplasias
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D012680	Sensitivity and Specificity	Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)	Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity