Vaginosonographic detection of endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Vol. 32 (1) , 35-37
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7292(90)90979-u
Abstract
In a prospective study 155 postmenopausal women not on hormone treatment underwent a vaginal ultrasound investigation. All women were routine patients of the regular ambulance. In addition to uterus biometry, the endometrial thickness was also measured. An endometrium of .gtoreq. 4mm thickness was clarified histologically by means of a curettage. In total we found 7 endometrial cancers and 1 cervical cancer. Vaginal sonography proved to be a sensitive (81%) and specific (89%) method for the detection of endometrial neoplasia.Keywords
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