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What Does Thick Endometrial Lining Indicate?
Good day,,I have a thickening on my endometrium which is 1.2 and she told me that she can give me a medicine to let my period go down co z I don t have any period for about a year and I just turn 53 y.o. old this January 2015,she she said that if I had a period and it is still thick it is cancer,,and to my shock I went to another Dr. for 2nd opinion and she check again my endometrium its .7 ,, and she said to my age is already a menopausal period so she ask me to wait for 3 mos. if my period will go down my it is a menopause and it will go back to its shape .. but i cant wait so I ask another Dr. again and what he did took something on my endometrium for biopsy .. no result yet ,and also he get me pap smear too and the result of pap smear is normal but I positive in hpv what will be the possibilities and honestly I have some little pain in my pelvic which are like pinch a lillte bit ..Do I have a cancer ? Am really worried.. thank yo so much/...
Wed, 1 Apr 2015
Hello and welcome to HCM,
During post-menopausal or peri-menopausal age group, the endometrium is expected to be thinned out.
Thickened endometrium at this stage is suspicious for hyperplasia or cancer.
Thus, an endometrial biopsy or curreting is the first line of management.
Depending on the result of endometrial biopsy or curretings, further management has to be done.
If hyperplasia or malignancy is detected, the best treatment would be surgical removal of uterus or hysterectomy.
I suggest you to wait for your biopsy report and consult your gynecologist once you receive the report.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
During post-menopausal or peri-menopausal age group, the endometrium is expected to be thinned out.
Thickened endometrium at this stage is suspicious for hyperplasia or cancer.
Thus, an endometrial biopsy or curreting is the first line of management.
Depending on the result of endometrial biopsy or curretings, further management has to be done.
If hyperplasia or malignancy is detected, the best treatment would be surgical removal of uterus or hysterectomy.
I suggest you to wait for your biopsy report and consult your gynecologist once you receive the report.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
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