A 45-year-old female presents with polymenorrhoea for 6 months. On local examination nothing abnormal was seen. Which of the following is the best line of management
Correct Answer: Dilation and curettage
Description: NOTE: dilatation and currettage is both therapeutic and diagnostic. Here the main idea of doing a currettage is to obtain a diagnosis in a case of perimenopausal abnormal uterine bleeding, since it is impoant here to rule out malignancy. To sta progesterones will be helpful for controlling bleeding since these are mostly safe,but for assessing the diagnosis and giving appropriate treatment , specifically for this age group , a curettage is the best possible option in this situation. In a 45 year old woman with irregular bleeding, could be due to many causes: 1. Anovulation with irregular bleed (Remember, ovulatory cycles are regular & anovulatory cycles are irregular) 2. Hyperplasias, with or without atypia 3. Endometrial or endocervical malignancies 4. Polyps in the uterus
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