Short-term treatment results of endometrial hyperplasia without atypia

Abstract

Objectives: Endometrial hyperplasia is a pathology that often represents with abnormal uterine bleeding and develops under the influence of unopposed estrogen. In this study, the response to cyclic medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) treatment in endometrial hyperplasia without atypia, which is known to have a good response to progestagen agents, was retrospectively evaluated.

Methods: Control endometrial biopsy results of 111 patients who were initiated cyclic MPA treatment due to endometrial biopsy results of endometrial hyperplasia without atypia were evaluated after 3 months of treatment. Endometrial hyperplasia free biopsy results after treatment were accepted as a successful treatment in those patient.

Results: Control biopsies revealed proliferative endometrium in 37 (33.3%) patients, secretory endometrium in 34 (30.6%) patients, inactive endometrium in 9 (8.1%) patients, endometritis in 4 (3.6%) patients, endometrial hyperplasia without atypia in 26 (23,4%) patients, and endometrial hyperplasia with atypia in 1 (0.9%) patient. Our response rate to treatment was 75.7% (84/111) and the persistence was found to be 23.4% (26/111). In patients with a positive response to treatment (n = 84), the mean age was 45.15 ± 5.19 years and in patients with no response to treatment (n = 27) the mean age was 45.56 ± 6.41 years, and there is no difference between the two groups in terms of average age.

Conclusions: Although the use of cyclic MPA in the treatment of endometrial hyperplasia without atypia is an effective treatment method, we believe that better results will be achieved in the use of more than 3 months duration.

Keywords

• endometrial hyperplasia
• medroxyprogesterone acetate
• cyclic

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