| Literature DB >> 18971142 |
Ettore Cicinelli1, Raffaele Tinelli, Giuseppe Colafiglio, Nicola Saliani, Addolorata Pastore.
Abstract
A rare case of tubercular endometritis occurred in a 63-year-old nullipara, postmenopausal woman, who was referred to our institute with vaginal bleeding and hyperechoic endometrial lesions at transvaginal sonography. At hysteroscopy the endometrial mucosa was lightly hyperemic and almost completely covered by multiple whitish and irregular deposits resulting in a "geographic map-like" aspect of the endometrial surface. The deposits had irregular borders and surface. Their size showed a wide range from less than 1mm to several millimeters. When touched by the tip of hysteroscope they did not bleed and peeled off easily. Diagnosis was performed with histologic examination and by using polymerase chain reaction. At follow-up hysteroscopy 6 months after antitubercular therapy, the endometrial mucosa appeared normal.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18971142 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.07.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Minim Invasive Gynecol ISSN: 1553-4650 Impact factor: 4.137