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© 2002 by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
J Ultrasound Med 21:125-128 • 0278-4297

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Predicting Atypia Inside Endometrial Polyps

Tirso Perez-Medina, MD, PhD, Jose Bajo, PhD, Miguel A. Huertas, PhD and Angel Rubio, MD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Santa Cristina University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Tirso Perez-Medina, MD, PhD, Santa Cristina University Hospital, C/ O'Donnell 59, 28009 Madrid, Spain.

Objective. To evaluate the efficacy of color Doppler exploration for assessing atypia inside endometrial polyps. Methods. A prospective study was conducted in a tertiary university hospital. Eight hundred six patients with endometrial polyps were studied with color Doppler sonography, and the resistive index inside the polyp stalk was obtained. The patients were then referred for hysteroscopic resection, and pathologic analysis was performed. Results. Thirty-five polyps with sonographic indications of atypia were pathologically confirmed. Sonographic indications of atypia inside 16 polyps were not confirmed. Three nonquestionable endometrial polyps had atypia inside them. Conclusions. Low Doppler resistance is highly predictive of atypia inside endometrial polyps.

Key Words: endometrial polyp • Doppler color • resistive index • atypical changes

Abbreviations: EP, endometrial polyp • RI, resistive index • TVCD, transvaginal color Doppler




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