WOMEN HEALTH
QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND
EXPLANATION
, A 54-year-oldfemalepresentswith a smal tomoderate
amounot f vaginalbleedni gof r e ce nt onset. h
Se has
been postmenpoausal of r 2 hat
approixmateyl yearsW
.
diagnossi is leastlikely?
Endometrial
carcinoma
Ovarian c acne r
Endometrial
hyperplaasi
U te r i n e poplsy
ab ou t :b la n k 1/52
, Postmneopauslableeding (PMBi)s an
uncommon presentatnioof ovariacnancer, but
capnresent t hiws ay. In women twh i PMB,
li klyec au se so f uterine pathology should eb
evaluated b eof re consideringovarian
patholoyg. In ealry menopause,hte most
ocmmon etiologysi atrophy of t he
endometriumor vaginal mucos.aThis patient
hasbeen postmenopausalofr approxim
ately2
years.Other cm
o mon cauess ofPMB are
polysp, fibroids, a dn endomertial hyperplasia.