Retrospective analysis of endometrial polyps carried out at Ege University Hospital.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the present study was to assess the incidence of endometrial polyps in women presenting with different symptoms to Ege University Hospital.


METHODS
Patient records were retrospectively scanned and patients with a histopathological diagnosis of endometrial polyps were included in the analysis.


RESULTS
53 patients had been diagnosed with endometrial polyps. Sixty-four percent of the patients were postmenopausal and the most common presenting symptom was postmenopausal vaginal bleeding (26.4%). Forty-nine percent of the diagnoses were made by endometrial sampling.


CONCLUSIONS
In a university hospital setting the majority of the endometrial polyp cases diagnosed were in postmenopausal women. Standard endometrial sampling failed to detect almost half of the cases.
Karadadas
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Sirkeci
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Akercan
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F
Ulukus
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Kazandi
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Ulukus
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M
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D011127:Polyps / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology