title: The endovaginal ultrasound finding of a thin and regular endometrium is uncommon in endometrial cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the clinical and ultrasound features in patients with endometrial cancer in whom the endometrial thickness was less that 5 mm.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study on 263 patients with endometrial carcinoma in whom the ultrasound evaluation of the endometrium was performed. The features noticed in the patients with endometrial thickness below 5 mm are presented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 249 (94.68%) of our patients with endometrial carcinoma the mean endometrial thickness was 15 mm. In 14 patients (5.32%), in whom biopsy was performed prior to ultrasound examination, endometrial thickness was less than 5 mm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A thin and regular endometrium (below 5 mm) rules out an endometrial carcinoma provided that no biopsy has been performed within 3 months before ultrasound examination.
authors.affiliation: Cuza Vodă Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology Iaşi, I(st) Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
authors.forename: Daniela Mihaela
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dumitru
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onofriescu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cărăuleanu
authors.forename: Doiniţa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rădulescu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014621:Vagina