Evaluation pathology results in diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding among women referred to Beast hospital of Sanandaj, 2012

Menopause is one of the natural processes in women’s life. Post-menopausal bleeding is the most common cause of elder women referred to gynecologic clinic. The aim of this study was to study the pathological evaluation of abnormal uterine bleeding among women referred to besa’at hospital.

This study is a descriptive study. The total number of 48 postmenopausal women with bleeding who referred to besa’at hospital within one year was included. Patient’s characteristics were registered with check list. Data was analyzed with SPSS16 and descriptive statistics.

The results showed that the average age was 58.04 ±6.98 years. The most common of pathology finding (39.6%) was endometrial atrophic. Other findings were hyperplasia (20.8%), hormonal disorder ((14.6%), polyps (12.5%), endometrial cancer (2.1%). Endometrial atrophic among patient with 48 to 59 years old were more common. In the age group 48 to 59 years, 3.1% had cancer and 40.6% had endometrial atrophy. Among patients who past 6-10 years of their menopause 6.7% had cancer and 40% had endometrial atrophic. Patients with 6-10 child had 4.8% cancer and 47.6% endometrial atrophic.

Pathologic findings in postmenopausal women could help diagnose and treat patients with bleeding.