Vaginal bleeding
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pregnant or not?
pregnant
not
All reproductive-age women with PV bleeding must be assumed to be pregnant until proven otherwise.
All postmenopausal women with PV bleeding must be assumed to have carcinoma until proven otherwise.(copied shamelessly from LITFL)
- Primary/abnormal uterine bleeding
- ovulatory (regular heavy bleeding), or
- dysfunctional (unopposed oestrogen)