Piróg Magdalena, Kacalska-Janssen Olga, Bereza Tomasz, Jach Robert
Department of Gynecological Endocrinology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
Contemp Oncol (Pozn). 2019;23(1):43-46. doi: 10.5114/wo.2019.83816. Epub 2019 Apr 5.
To evaluate the risk of endometrial malignancy in postmenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) with endometrial thickness ≤ 4 mm.
Histological assessment of endometrial samples obtained via hysteroscopy or curettage was performed in 57 women.
Women with premalignancy or malignancy (24.6%) had higher endometrial thickness (by 9.7%, = 0.01) compared to women with benign condition. Out of 12 women with atypical hyperplasia (21.1%), 5 women (8.8%) were diagnosed with simple and 7 women (12.3%) had complex hyperplasia, whereas 2 (3.5%) were diagnosed with malignancy.
Postmenopausal women with AUB and endometrial echo ≤ 4 mm are less likely to have a malignant condition. However, the role of histological evaluation cannot be undermined, especially in women at high risk of endometrial cancer, and routine endometrial biopsy should be considered. We recommend a change in the cut-off to 2 mm in routine practice.
评估子宫内膜厚度≤4mm的绝经后异常子宫出血(AUB)女性发生子宫内膜恶性病变的风险。
对57名女性通过宫腔镜检查或刮宫获取的子宫内膜样本进行组织学评估。
与良性病变女性相比,癌前病变或恶性病变女性(24.6%)的子宫内膜厚度更高(高9.7%,P = 0.01)。在12名非典型增生女性(21.1%)中,5名女性(8.8%)被诊断为单纯性增生,7名女性(12.3%)为复杂性增生,而2名(3.5%)被诊断为恶性病变。
子宫内膜厚度≤4mm的绝经后AUB女性发生恶性病变的可能性较小。然而,组织学评估的作用不可忽视,尤其是在子宫内膜癌高危女性中,应考虑进行常规子宫内膜活检。我们建议在常规实践中将临界值改为2mm。