R Bedner1, I Rzepka-Górska. 1. Katedry i Kliniki Ginekologii Operacyjnej i Onkologii Ginekologicznej Dorosłych i Dziewczat Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to check the conformity of diagnosis based on macroscopic hysteroscopy image with the respective pathology report. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Study population consisted of 160 patients aged 45-86 years, with abnormal uterine bleeding or abnormal ultrasonographic image of endometrium. In all cases pelvic sonography and hysteroscopy were performed. RESULTS: Abnormal findings were detected hysteroscopically in 123 cases out of 160 hysteroscopies performed. Hysteroscopic diagnosis was confirmed by pathological examination in 100 cases (81.3%). The conformity of hysteroscopic image with the pathology report varied in different lesions, amounting to 90.9% in cases of submucosus myomas, 86.9% in endometrial polyps, 25.0% in endometrial hyperplasia and 71.42% in cases of endometrial carcinoma. CONCLUSIONS: 1. Hysteroscopic features are in high agreement with pathology report with reference to endometrial cancer, endometrial polyps and submucosus myomas. 2. Hysteroscopy does not seem to be a satisfactory tool for the differentiation between endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma.
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to check the conformity of diagnosis based on macroscopic hysteroscopy image with the respective pathology report. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Study population consisted of 160 patients aged 45-86 years, with abnormal uterine bleeding or abnormal ultrasonographic image of endometrium. In all cases pelvic sonography and hysteroscopy were performed. RESULTS: Abnormal findings were detected hysteroscopically in 123 cases out of 160 hysteroscopies performed. Hysteroscopic diagnosis was confirmed by pathological examination in 100 cases (81.3%). The conformity of hysteroscopic image with the pathology report varied in different lesions, amounting to 90.9% in cases of submucosus myomas, 86.9% in endometrial polyps, 25.0% in endometrial hyperplasia and 71.42% in cases of endometrial carcinoma. CONCLUSIONS: 1. Hysteroscopic features are in high agreement with pathology report with reference to endometrial cancer, endometrial polyps and submucosus myomas. 2. Hysteroscopy does not seem to be a satisfactory tool for the differentiation between endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma.