Clinical value of hysteroscopy in diagnosis of postmenopausal uterine bleeding

VernacularTitle:宫腔镜检查对绝经后子宫出血的诊断价值
Author: Qiuxia XIA ; Shenghua PAN ; Zhuhua CAI ; Huamei CAO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Hysteroscope; postmenopausal uterine bleeding; Diagnosis
From: Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2010;17(11):1490-1491
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the value of hysteroscopy in the diagnosis of postmenopausal uterine bleeding.Methods 106 cases of outpatient of postmenopausal bleeding were analyzed.Hysteroscopic diagnosis and the biopsy result were compared in all patients.Results Histological diagnosis was 73 cases of uterine cavity abnormality,33 cases of normal were diagnosed in hysteroscopy.78 cases of pathological abnormalities,and 28 cases of normal were diagnosed.Comparing to histology, sensitivity was 95.89% ,specificity 84.85% , positive predictive value 93.33% , negative predictive value of 90.32%.Conclusion Hysteroscopy combined pathology was the best method to diagnose postmenopausal uterus bleeding.