title: Vaginosonographic detection of endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women.
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 greater than or equal to 4 mm 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 very sensitive (81%) and specific (89%) method for the detection of endometrial neoplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Goettingen, FRG.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osmers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Völksen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kuhn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology