A Histopathological Study of Endometrium in Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Abnormal uterine bleeding is one of the commonest conditions for which patients seek medical care. It is estimated that 9-30% of women of reproductive age suffer from menorrhagia. The prevalence increases with age, peaking just prior to menopause. The aim of this study to evaluated the endometrial histopathological causes of abnormal uterine bleeding. Materials & Methods: The hospital based descriptive type of observational study conducted at Zanana Hospital, Gangori Hospital & Mahila Hospital, Jaipur under the Department of Pathology at SMS Medical College and Hospital Jaipur during 1stjanuary 2013 to December 2014. The study material consisted of endometrial curettings from 300 patients attending Gynecology OPD. These patients were having a clinical diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding. Results: The present study showed the maximum incidence were seen in the age group of 36-40 (27.66%), minimum incidence was in the age group of 17-20 (01%) and complaint of menorrhagia (48.66%) followed by metrorrhagia (26.33%). Different histopathological types of endometrial patterns were studied, proliferative type of endometrium was in 123 cases (41%) followed by secretory type of endometrium in 96 cases (32%). Conclusion: We concluded that Study of endometrial microscopy in women with AUB is helpful to distinguish anovulatory from ovulatory AUB and to diagnose hyperplasia and carcinoma of endometrium.
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Battilal Meena, Ankur Gupta, Garima Gupta`, Abhilasha Gupta`
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2017.3.5.024
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