Histopathological Study of Hysterectomy Specimens With Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Aims and Objectives : This study aims to anaylse in detail about the distribution and causes of AUB. The study also aims at identifying various histopathological patterns of endometrial, myometrial, cervical and ovarian lesions in cases presented as AUB. Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is one of the most frequently encountered Introduction: gynecologic complaints and the most common cause of hysterectomy in perimenopausal woman. Hysterectomy is the definitive treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding when medical and other conservative approaches fail or after the female has completed her family. Histopathology is essential to confirm the common causes and identify rare causes and to rule out malignancy. This is a retrospective study conducted in the department of Materials and Methods: Pathology, Acharya Shri Chandra College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Jammu. This study included 102 hysterectomy cases. The duration of the study was from September 2022 to December 2023. Of the 102 Results: cases, Total abdominal hysterectomy was the most common surgery. The age varied from 21 to 60 with fifth decade as the most common age. Histopathology revealed leiomyoma as the most common diagnosis. Histopathological Conclusions: examination remains the gold standard diagnostic tool in the evaluation of AUB which may reveal various endometrial patterns ranging from normal endometrium to malignancy.