Abstract:
This study was conducted during October 2013 and Octobr2014 in
50 women after menopause their t ages range from 45 to 80 years old,
they were attended to alkhzan hospital in Sanaa (Yemen) with vaginal
bleeding.
Due to non-invasive , increased accuracy and low cost ultrasonic,
we are use it for the referred patients to imaging by using Edan
ultrasound machine with Transvaginal probe (TVS) 6 MHz to detect
the cause of post-menopausal bleeding.
The study found that (40 patients which was 80%) 20 of them had
irregular outline of endometrium the thickness more than (> 5mm), the
other half was natural endometrium also with thickness (>5mm).
6 patients (12%) had less than 5mm (<5mm) were regular and 4
patients (8%)also less than5mm(<5mm)were irregular endometrium
In this study also found 10 patients (20%) with hyperechogncity
of lesion ,then 29 patients (58%) with hypoechogenic and the rest
11patients (22%) mixed echogencity .
25(50%) of the cases the lesion detected is endometrial
polyp(tumor) ,but only 16(32%) is myometrialleiomyomas while 4(8%)
is endometrial hyperplasia and 5(10%)is extra adnexal mass.
