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BMJ Case Rep. 2010; 2010: bcr0420102931.
Published online 2010 August 19. doi:  10.1136/bcr.04.2010.2931
PMCID: PMC3029676
Rare disease
Osseous metaplasia of the endometrium
Umran Kucukgoz Gulec,1 H Ayse Parlakgumus,2 Esra Bulgan Kılıçdağ,2 Filiz Bolat,3 and Tayfun Bagis2
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
2Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
3Department of Pathology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Correspondence to H Ayse Parlakgumus, ayseparlakgumus/at/yahoo.de
Abstract
Osseous metaplasia of the endometrium is very rare finding, and usually these cases presented with secondary infertility. Other symptoms are pelvic pain, dyspareunia, menstrual irregularities, vaginal discharge and the passage of bony fragments in menstrual blood. Suspicious lesion could see by hysterosalpingography or by ultrasonography; however, conclusive diagnosis and treatment tool is hysteroscopy. The aetiology is unknown, but theories include retained fetal bone and osseous metaplasia of endometrial tissue. We present a patient with osseous metaplasia who had treated with hysteroscopy.
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