The abnormal uterine bleeding is one of the most common symptoms of gynecologic patients. It can be divided by dysfuncitonal uterine bleeding(DUB) and organic uterine bleeding I investigated the clinico-pathologic relationships on the 618 endometrial ...
The abnormal uterine bleeding is one of the most common symptoms of gynecologic patients. It can be divided by dysfuncitonal uterine bleeding(DUB) and organic uterine bleeding I investigated the clinico-pathologic relationships on the 618 endometrial specimens that submitted in the pathologic department of CNU College of Medicine due to abnormal uterine bleedingfrom Jan. 1991 to Feb. 1992.
The age range was 17 to 72 years old. The causes of the abnormal uterine bleeding were DUB 413 cases(66.8%), conditions associated with pregnancy 107 cases(15.8%), chronic endometritis 36 cases(6.1%), endometrial polys 16 cases(2.6%), trophobastic disease 16 cases(2.6%), malignant tumor 2 cases(0.3%), and inadequate specimens 26 cases(4.2%), In DUB patients, anovulatory was 289 cases(69.8%), and ovulatory was 125 cases(30.2%). The endometrial hyperplasia and late secretory phase were the most common cause of the anovulatory and ovulatory uterine bleeding, respectively(66.1% ; 46.4%). In non-DUB patients, conditions associated with pregnancy were most common(52.2%).