Vaginal scan for identifying endometrial abnormalities: limitations in clinical management.
It is generally recognized that an endometrial thickness of 4-8 mm is considered a definite cutoff point for detection of endometrial malignancy by transvaginal sonography. We report on 2 patients with endometrial cancer and on 1 with endometrial hyperplasia, in each of whom endometrial thickness was < 4 mm.
Tsuda
H
H
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka City General Hospital, Japan.
Kawabata
M
M
Umesaki
N
N
Kawabata
K
K
Ogita
S
S
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography