Diagnostic accuracy of doppler ultrasound for diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma in postmenopausal bleeding women

Aim: diagnostic accuracy of transabdominal ultrasound for diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma in postmenopausal bleeding women taking histopathology as gold standard. setting: the study was conducted in department of radiology,services hospital,lahore. methodology: a total of 345 cases fulfilling the inclusion/exclusion criteria were enrolled from obstetrics & gynecology department,sims,lahore. ultrasound with doppler method was done. thickness of endometrium with uterine artery resistive index was recorded. patients with endometrial thickness >5mm and uterine artery resistive index <0.7 considered as endometrial carcinoma and biopsy was taken. conclusion: doppler ultrasound in diagnosing endometrial carcinoma with post-menopausal bleeding is helpful with good sensitivity,specificity,ppv and npv.