Evaluation of the diagnostic role of transvaginal ultrasound measurements of endometrial thickness to detect endometrial malignancy in asymptomatic postmenopausal women

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作者
Yasa, Cenk [1 ]
Dural, Ozlem [1 ]
Bastu, Ercan [1 ]
Ugurlucan, Funda Gungor [1 ]
Nehir, Asli [1 ]
Iyibozkurt, Ahmet Cem [1 ]
机构
[1] Istanbul Univ, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Sch Med, TR-34093 Istanbul, Turkey
关键词
Asymptomatic postmenopausal women; Endometrial cancer; Endometrial hyperplasia with atypia; Endometrial thickness; Transvaginal ultrasonography; CANCER; HYSTEROSCOPY; CARCINOMA;
D O I
10.1007/s00404-016-4054-5
中图分类号
R71 [妇产科学];
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100211 ;
摘要
To assess the diagnostic accuracy of endometrial thickness measurements of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) in asymptomatic postmenopausal women in the detection of endometrial malignancy. A retrospective cohort study in a university hospital was undertaken with 276 consecutive asymptomatic postmenopausal women undergoing dilatation and curettage (D&C) and hysteroscopy for an incidental finding of thickened endometrium (a parts per thousand yen4 mm) between 2003 and 2012. Different endometrial thickness cutoff values were tested on the basis of a pathologic report with carcinoma conditions (endometrial hyperplasia with atypia and endometrial carcinoma). The mean age of patients was 59.8 +/- A 9.0 years. The mean duration of menopause was 11.2 +/- A 8.9 years. The final pathology diagnoses included 107 (38.8 %) patients with polyps, 42 (15.2 %) with atrophic endometrium, 39 (14.1 %) with estrogen exposure, and 19 (6.9 %) with normal endometrium. With regard to carcinoma conditions, nine patients (3.3 %) had endometrial hyperplasia with atypia and eight patients (2.9 %) had endometrial carcinoma. The area under the ROC curve was 0.52 (95 % CI 0.44-0.57), which indicated a poor accuracy of endometrial thickness of TVUS for carcinoma conditions. Routine use of endometrial thickness measurement with TVUS does not seem to be an effective diagnostic tool for endometrial cancer because it has a low diagnostic performance in asymptomatic postmenopausal women. Further prospective studies are required to assess the endometrial thickness measurement with TVUS as a screening method in these women.
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