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The FIGO classification of causes of abnormal uterine bleeding in the reproductive years

Munro MG et al-for the FIGO Menstrual Disorders Working GroupFertility and Sterility Vol. 95, No. 7, June 2011

• Abnormal uterine bleeding• FIGO menstrual disorders group• Symptom nomenclature described elsewhere• Recommends abandonment of terms

menorrhagia, metrorrhagia and DUB

AUB• Abnormal uterine bleeding – bleeding from the

uterine corpus that is abnormal in volume, regularity and/or timming.

• Chronic- present for the majority of the last 6 months• Acute – an episode of sufficient severity to require

immediate intervention to prevent further loss• Acute may preset in context of existing chronic AUB• IMB – bleeds that occur between clearly defined

cyclic and predictable menses

Components are discrete that are measurable

visually , by using imaging techniques

and /or by using histopathology

Entities not defined by imaging or

histopathology

PALM COEIN

Examples:Polyp

AdenopyosisLeiomyoma

Malignancy & hyperplasia

Examples:Coagulation

Ovulatory disorderEndometrial

IatrogenicNot yet classified

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