Research Article
Histological Pattern of Endometrial Biopsies in Women with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in a Hospital in North Central Nigeria
Table 1
List of various diagnosis and the corresponding age groups.
| ā | 18-40 (years) | 41-50 (years) | >50 (years) |
| INFLAMMATORY LESIONS |
| Acute endometritis | 3 (75%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) |
| Chronic endometritis | 3 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Chorioamnionitis | 3 (75%) | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) |
| PROLIFERATIVE NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS |
| Atypical Hyperplasia- | 4 (50%) | 4 (50%) | 0 (0%) |
| Typical Hyperplasia | 26 (63.4%) | 13 (31.7%) | 2 (4.9%) |
| Endometrial polyp | 24 (50.0%) | 21 (43.8%) | 3 (6.3%) |
| NEOPLASTIC LESIONS |
| Leiomyoma | 0 (0%) | 2 (100%) | 0 (0%) |
| Partial mole | 10 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Complete mole | 12 (92.3%) | 1 (7.7%) | 0 (0%) |
| Endometroid carcinoma | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100%) |
| NORMAL ENDOMETRIUM |
| Proliferative phase | 17 (73.9%) | 6 (26.1%) | 0 (0%) |
| Secretory phase endometrium | 13 (75%) | 2 (25.0%) | 1 (0%) |
| OTHERS |
| Products of conception | 286 (94.1%) | 18 (5.9%) | 0 (0%) |
| Calcified endometrial tissue | 2 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Osseous metaplasia | 2 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Stromo-glandular dissociation | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | 0 (0%) |
| Inconclusive | 0 (0%) | 1 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) |
| TOTAL | 406 (83.5%) | 72 (14.8%) | 8 (1.6%) |
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