Thirty-eight patients with diagnosis of endometrial cáncer histologically demostrated were studied in order to identify the clinical features and determine the clinical stage. The patients were admitted at Belen Hospital, Trujillo, Perú, between 1966 and 1996. The mean age was 53,1 ± 11,4 years (range, 22 to 83 years); menarchie presented at 13,4 ± 1,6 years and menopause (n=25) at 48,2 ± 2,6 years. Eleven patients were nulliparae (28,9%), five (13,2%) had polycystic ovary, four (10,5%) had previous history of hypertension, two (5,3%) were diabetic and two (5,3%) bad personal history of another primary cáncer. Mean time of disease was 17,9 months. Most common, symptoms were vaginal bleeding (89,5%) and pelvic pain (52,6%) and most frequent sign was enlargement of the uterus (44,7%). The accuracy of the endometrial biopsy (n=5) and dilatation plus curettage was 80% and 85,7%, respec...

Thirty-eight patients with diagnosis of endometrial cáncer histologically demostrated were studied in order to identify the clinical features and determine the clinical stage. The patients were admitted at Belen Hospital, Trujillo, Perú, between 1966 and 1996. The mean age was 53,1 ± 11,4 years (range, 22 to 83 years); menarchie presented at 13,4 ± 1,6 years and menopause (n=25) at 48,2 ± 2,6 years. Eleven patients were nulliparae (28,9%), five (13,2%) had polycystic ovary, four (10,5%) had previous history of hypertension, two (5,3%) were diabetic and two (5,3%) bad personal history of another primary cáncer. Mean time of disease was 17,9 months. Most common, symptoms were vaginal bleeding (89,5%) and pelvic pain (52,6%) and most frequent sign was enlargement of the uterus (44,7%). The accuracy of the endometrial biopsy (n=5) and dilatation plus curettage was 80% and 85,7%, respec...