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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Swathi Venkatesan, M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

Hysteroscopy may be helpful in the direct visualization of precancerous lesions.[1] Diagnosis of endometrial hyperplasia is usually performed through curettage of the uterine cavity to obtain endometrial tissue for histopathologic analysis.[2]

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  • The following flow-chart shows a decision algorithm for the management of symptomatic postmenopausal women with endometrial thickness > 4 mm:[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Trimble CL, Method M, Leitao M, Lu K, Ioffe O, Hampton M; et al. (2012). "Management of endometrial precancers". Obstet Gynecol. 120 (5): 1160–75. doi:http://10.1097/AOG.0b013e31826bb121 Check |doi= value (help). PMC 3800154. PMID 23090535.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bobrowska K, Pietrzak B, Jabiry-Zieniewicz Z, Cyganek A, Kaminski P, Wielgos M; et al. (2007). "Operative treatment of endometrial hyperplasia in kidney graft recipients: report of seven cases". Transplant Proc. 39 (9): 2756–8. doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.09.023. PMID 18021979.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Giannella L, Mfuta K, Setti T, Cerami LB, Bergamini E, Boselli F (2014). "A risk-scoring model for the prediction of endometrial cancer among symptomatic postmenopausal women with endometrial thickness > 4 mm". Biomed Res Int. 2014: 130569. doi:10.1155/2014/130569. PMC 4065750. PMID 24991535.

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