background: abnormal uterine bleeding is a common presentation of uterine abnormalities among premenopausal and postmenopausal women. objective: to evaluate and compare the diagnostic accuracy of saline contrast sonohysterography and hysteroscopy for detecting the cause of abnormal uterine bleeding. materials and methods: a total of 65 women with abnormal uterine bleeding were enrolled in this ...

the present study evaluate the histopathologic findings and clinical indications in hysterectomized patients based on sonographic assessments. this study population consisted of all patients who were referred to the pathology ward of imam reza educational and treatment center (kermanshah, iran) during march 2006 to may 2012. the samples were stained with hematoxylin-eosin after fixation in form...

in order to assess the efficacy of hysteroscopic endometrial ablation and factors which are important in it's success, a prospective, randomized study was performed in shiraz university hospitals between sep. 1995 to feb. 1998. 50 patients with chief complaints of menorrhagia that were in reproductive age (25- 50 years) and had shown no response to medication and d&c; underwent endometrial...

Abnormal uterine bleeding is any bleeding from the uterus other than normal monthly period. Having extremely heavy bleeding during period can also be considered abnormal uterine bleeding. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) is heavy or irregular menstrual bleeding that is not caused by an underlying anatomical abnormality, such as a fibroid, lesion, or tumor. DUB is the most common type of abn...

background: the term dysfunctional uterine bleeding(dub) refers to any abnormal bleeding from the uterus, unassociated with tumour, inflammation and pregnancy. the histological diagnosis of dub is very essential for adequate management especially in perimenopausal and postmenopausal females. the present study was undertaken with the aim of evaluating dub in various age groups, carry out histopa...

background: uterine arteriovenous malformation is a rare but potential life-threatening source of bleeding. a high index of suspicion and accurate diagnosis of the condition in a timely manor are essential because instrumentation that is often used for other sources of uterine bleeding can be lead to massive hemorrhage. case: we describe here a case of uterine arteriovenous malformation. a 32-y...

background: aub is a common cause of women’s referring to gynecologists. although hysteroscopy is known as the gold standard technique for diagnosing the cause of aub, sonohysterography is less invasive, and it is performed by general gynecologists. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of sonohysterography compared to the results of the endometrial biopsy, guided...

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding is very common in adolescents because of the high frequency of anovulatory cycles in this age group. The diagnosis of dysfunctional uterine bleeding is based on the exclusion of all the other causes of abnormal uterine bleeding in an adolescent. The most common causes of abnormal uterine bleeding include coagulopathies, pregnancy, trauma, and endocrinopathies. Men...

Uterine leiomyomatosis as a rare cause of tumor thrombus presenting with abnormal uterine bleeding