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KMID : 1007320120180020119
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Journal of the Korean Society of Menopause
2012 Volume.18 No. 2 p.119 ~ p.123
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The Clinical Manifestation of the Gynecologic Emergency in Postmenopausal Women
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Lee Seung-Hee
Kim Tae-Hee
Lee Hae-Hyeog
Lee Woo-Seok
Chung Soo-Ho
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Abstract
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Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the clinical characteristics of postmenopausal women who were admitted to the emergency room.
Methods: This study was conducted at a university hospital. The retrospective study of medical records comprised 26 patients who were admitted to the emergency room, between September 2010 and August 2011.
Results: The age of the twenty-six patients was 51-90 years. Abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding were the main complaints. The final diagnoses were 6 cases of postmenopausal atrophic vaginitis, 6 cases of ovarian cyst, 5 cases of pelvic inflammation disease, 3 cases of post-conization bleeding, 1 case of menopausal symptoms, 1 case of atrophic endometrium, 1 case of uterine prolapse, 1 case of pyometra, and acute pyeolonephritis with stone. Among the 6 cases of ovarian cyst, 5 cases performed an operation. Pathologic findings revealed 2 cases of simple cyst, 1 case of paratubal cyst, 1 case of teratoma, and 1 case of granulosa cell tumor.
Conclusion: The incidence of post-menopausal distress in women is increasing, and the numbers of post-menopausal women being admitted to the emergency room are also increasing, so attention needs to be paid to the case of postmenopausal women in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Emergency, Menopausal women, Menopause
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