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Re: GENERAL: thickened endometrium
From: Garry Siegel, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:45:28 -0500 (CDT)

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A thickened endometrium of 14 mm in a postmenopausal woman is abnormal, and needs explanation.
It could be a benign process such as a polyp, or other things such as endometrial hyperplasia (lining overgrowth) which, in some instances, can be pre-malignant. Of course, it could be endometrial cancer, but that is unlikely absent bleeding.
Evaluation can be any or all of the following:
Office biopsy, saline sonogram, or hysteroscopy.

-- Garry Siegel, MD Roswell, GA Website: http://www.npobgyn.com/
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At Thu, 25 Oct 2007, leandra wrote: >Hi, >what does a thicken endometrim mean? From a sonography it was 14mm, yet >there is no type of bleeding for a person who's been menopausal for over >15 years. What could it be? Would it require a hysterectomy? >Leandra >

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