The clinical significance of endometrial fluid collection in asymptomatic postmenopausal women

Autor:	H O Topçu, Nafiye Yilmaz, H Bayramoğlu, M İslimye, Ü Taşdemir
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Asymptomatic Endometrium Risk Factors medicine Humans Outpatient clinic Clinical significance Aged Retrospective Studies Gynecology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Endometrial cancer Age Factors Obstetrics and Gynecology Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Body Fluids Endometrial Neoplasms Postmenopause Menopause Female medicine.symptom business Body mass index Endometrial biopsy
Zdroj:	Climacteric. 18:733-736
ISSN:	1473-0804 1369-7137
Popis:	This study assessed the clinical significance of endometrial fluid collection (EFC) in asymptomatic postmenopausal women.A total of 564 postmenopausal females were enrolled into this retrospective study, of whom 141, with EFC, comprised the study group; the remaining 423 postmenopausal women (the three consecutive patients) who had been admitted to the menopause outpatient clinic for their routine annual check formed the control group. Data, including age, gravidity, parity, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, menopause duration, endometrial thickness and histopathological endometrium results, were compared between groups using the SPSS for Windows software package (version 15.0; SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).There were no significant group differences in gravidity, parity, body mass index, rates of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, endometrial thickness or histopathological endometrium results. However, there were group differences in age (62.0 ± 7.6 vs. 57.2 ± 8.9 years, p0.001) and menopause duration (13.4 ± 7.8 vs. 7.9 ± 5.4 years, p0.001).The results indicate that EFC in asymptomatic postmenopausal women is a benign condition, influenced by older age and commensurately longer menopause duration due to a lack of hormonal stimulation. The presence of EFC by itself does not affect the decision to provide further evaluation; that is determined by the presence of confirmed risk factors (e.g. thickened endometrial stripe). However, further studies are needed to assess any long-term prognostic impact of this finding.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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