Transvaginal ultrasonographic measurement of endometrial thickness in postmenopausal women receiving estrogen replacement therapy

Article Abstract:

The variation in thickness of uterine lining appears to overlap between problem-free postmenopausal women and postmenopausal women with abnormal bleeding. Researchers used transvaginal ultrasound to measure the thickness of the uterine lining in 327 problem-free postmenopausal women on 27 different hormonal replacement regimens and compared thicknesses with 70 postmenopausal women with abnormal bleeding, some of whom were taking estrogen and some of whom were not. Although women with abnormal bleeding tended to have thicker uterine linings, there was a substantial overlap between problem-free women and women with bleeding.

Health aspects, Estrogen, Estrogens, Uterine bleeding, Uterine hemorrhage

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A randomized trial on the use of ultrasonography or office hysteroscopy for endometrial assessment in postmenopausal patients with breast cancer who were treated with tamoxifen

Article Abstract:

Transvaginal ultrasound imaging appears to be superior to hysteroscopy for detecting polyps and other changes in the endometrium in women taking tamoxifen. These two techniques both involve inserting a probe in the vagina but ultrasound uses sound waves whereas hysteroscopy uses a small videocamera inside an endoscope. The techniques were compared on 53 women with breast cancer who were taking tamoxifen, a drug known to affect the endometrium, or inner lining of the uterus. Transvaginal ultrasound was more effective in detecting endometrial polyps and endometrial cancer than hysteroscopy.

Evaluation, Ultrasound imaging, Complications and side effects, Medical examination, Cancer patients, Tamoxifen, Hysteroscopy

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Ultrasound assessment of endometrial thickness and endometrial polyps in women on hormonal replacement therapy

Article Abstract:

Hormone replacement therapy can change the endometrium, making it more difficult to diagnose endometrial diseases, according to a study of 483 women. Sequential therapy had a different impact on the endometrium than continuous therapy. It may be easier to detect endometrial diseases in women during the estrogen-only phase of hormone replacement therapy.

Diagnosis, Polyps (Pathology), Polyps, Hormone replacement therapy

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