Postmenopausal uterine bleeding of nonorganic cause.
Eighty-nine patients with postmenopausal uterine bleeding were studied focusing on the nonorganic causes of bleeding. Atrophic endometrium was found in 82%, proliferative endometrium in 7%, and secretory endometrium in 1% of patients. Carcinoma was uncommon, found in only 7% of patients. Hysteroscopy was an invaluable adjunct to dilatation and curettage in diagnosing bleeding due to atrophic endometrium as 42% of such cases yielded no tissue on curettage. The clinical entity of bleeding atrophic endometrium is discussed.
D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004714:Endometrial Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D004716:Endometritis / Q000473:pathology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology