title: [Hysteroscopic evaluation of endometrial ultrasonic anomalies in asymptomatic postmenopausal patients. Preliminary results].
abstract: A group of 248 asymptomatic postmenopausal patients was evaluated using transvaginal echography. Thirty-five patients with endometrial echopatterns which were larger than 8 mm and/or irregular then underwent hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy. Results show that 31.4% of cases in which there was a thickening of the endometrial echopattern correspond to the presence of polyp, myoma, synechia with atrophic endometrium. In conclusion, the Authors affirm the inappropriateness of the term "endometrial echopattern" in menopause, since this term should be reserved to describe the typical appearance of the endometrium during the reproductive phase. They stress that ultrasonography can reveal anomalies of the internal echostructure of the womb but that further tests (e.g. hysteroscopy, biopsy) are required to diagnose their nature.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ostetrica Ginecologica, II Università di Roma Tor Vergata.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zupi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giacomello
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fittipaldi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marconi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farnè
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baschieri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004714:Endometrial Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004717:Endometrium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Valutazione isteroscopica di anomalie ecografiche dell'ecopattern endometriale in pazienti asintomatiche in postmenopausa. Risultati preliminari.