Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) must always be investigated because many causes are premalignant or malignant, the most common single cause is proved to be atrophic vaginitis. However, 10% of women will be found to have endometrial cancer. The current study is designed to explore the relationship between obesity (expressed by increased BMI ) and ultrasonographic endometrial thickness measurement and their correlation to endometrial pathology in women with post menopausal bleeding. 100 cases, recruited from the outpatient gynecology clinic, Kasr Alainy Hospital, were included in the study. All cases presented with postmenopausal bleeding and all were subjected to measurement of body mass index (BMI) and 2 dimensional transvaginal ultrasonographic evaluation of the endometrium, and the results were correlated to the histopathological picture of the endometrium

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