title: The natural course of endometrial polyps: could they vanish when left untreated?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the occurrence of spontaneous regression of three endometrial polyps detected by hysteroscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  A uterine imaging unit in an academic medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three patients diagnosed as having an endometrial polyp of 5-8 mm on hysteroscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patient deferral of the surgical procedure for several months.
  
  
  METHODS
  Presence of a uterine polyp in the next hysteroscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The polyps disappeared spontaneously.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Deferral of hysteroscopic polypectomy for a few months in asymptomatic women in the hope of spontaneous regression of the polyps may be justified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Mt Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel. kochman@hadassah.org.il
authors.forename: Ronit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haimov-Kochman
authors.forename: Revital
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Deri-Hasid
authors.forename: Yaron
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamani
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Voss
mesh_terms: D018256:Adenomatous Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery