title: [Transvaginal echography and endometrium in postmenopause].
abstract: Thirty one postmenopause patients were studied, twenty three had metrorrhagia. They were examined by transvaginal ultrasonography with the purpose of measuring the depth of the endometrium. Endometrium depth < or = 10 mm is associated with minimal risk of endometrial cancer. The relationship between the echographic measurements and endometrium cancer, reveals a sensitive of 75%; specificity of 89%; positive predictive value of 60% and negative of 94%.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mondion
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oyarzún
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gormaz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wild
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008796:Metrorrhagia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Ecografia transvaginal y endometrio en la postmenopausia.