Reproductive System & Sexual Disorders: Current Research
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Ratnabali Chakravorty

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• Research Article
  Correlation of Endometrial Thickness and Histopathology in Women with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
  Author(s): Dipanshu Sur and Ratnabali Chakravorty Dipanshu Sur and Ratnabali Chakravorty
  
  Aim: The study was aimed to reveal endometrial thickness measured by transvaginal sonography (TVS) and various clinical factors with histopathology in women with abnormal uterine bleeding and to evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography in detecting intrauterine abnormalities as compared to hysteroscopy. Methods: In this prospective study transvaginal sonography was performed in 163 women with abnormal uterine bleeding, followed within 48 hours by hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy. Statistical analysis was performed by chi-square test and the various correlations were calculated. Results: No statistically significant association was found between endometrial thickness and cycle day with histopathology. One of the women with endometrial thickness of <5 mm had malignancy. There was a highly significant as.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-038X.1000192

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