[Dilatation and curettage in women with abnormal uterine bleeding--an analysis of the histopathological findings].

The aim of this study is to analyse the histopathologic findings from the uterine cavity and the cervical canal among women who attended the gynecologic clinic of HMI Pleven for abnormal uterine bleeding. The study is retrospective and for a ten month period--from 01.03, 1996 to 31.12, 1996. After dilation and curettage under general anaesthesia histologic examination of the material was done in 161 women aged 19 to 73 years. The patients were divided according to the pathomorphologic findings from the uterine cavity into 9 groups and into 5--according to the findings from the cervical canal. The analysis of the data shows that the peak of abnormal uterine bleeding is 48 years, and that of endometrial carcinoma--51 years. The relative ratio of pathologic findings from the uterine cavity, including endometrial polyps, simple, adenomatous and atypical hyperplasia and carcinoma of the endometrium is 47.2%.