How common is thick endometrium?
Endometrial hyperplasia is a rare case. It affects approximately 130 out of 100000 women’s. But some women are at risk of developing thick endometrium on hormone therapy. Diabetes, high blood presure and thyroid diseases can increase endometrial thickness.
What is the relation of endometrium thickness and pregnancy?
- It has been widely suggested that a thin endometrium is related to lower IVF/ICSI pregnancy rates
- Sonographic parameters that are assessed before IVF include endometrial thickness , endometrial pattern, endometrial volume, and sub-endometrial blood flow.
- Pregnancy rate is maximum in the endometrial thickness of 8 mm to 11 mm.
- In endometrial thickness (Ent) > 14 mm, pregnancy rate is almost zero in IVF treatment cases.