Authors: Shahana Ishaq Chandniwala, Mahima Jain
Objective: Patient who underwent hysterectomy for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding their clinical findings were related to sonography and histopathology reports. Materials and Methods: This is retrospective observational study conducted in obstetric and gynaecology department. Patient who have undergone hysterectomy for AUB, their data retrived from case file and their ultrasonography reports and histopathological examination reports were compared. Results: 153 women who have under gone hysterectomy had complaint of menorrhagia and they belong to perimenopausal age group, most of them were between 40-45 yers of age. Ultrasonography is suggestive of fibroid in most of the patients and it is most sensitive for diagnosis of uterine fibroid. Conclusion: Fibroid is a most common cause of AUB. Clinical, sonography and histopathological findings correlated well with the diagnosis. Keywords: Abnormal uterine bleeding, Menorrhagia, Menometrorrhagia, Polymenorrhea, Ultrasonography.
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