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Case Reports
. 2010 Aug 19:2010:bcr0420102931.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.04.2010.2931.

Osseous metaplasia of the endometrium

Umran Kucukgoz Gulec  1 , H Ayse Parlakgumus, Esra Bulgan Kiliçdag, Filiz Bolat, Tayfun Bagis
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Case Reports

Osseous metaplasia of the endometrium

Umran Kucukgoz Gulec et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

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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Figure 1
Sonography showing intracavitary calcification in the form of a densely echogenic band.
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Osseous metaplasia of the endometrium as seen through hysteroscopy in our patient.
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Figure 3
(A) Histopathologic examination of endometrial curettings showed bone and marrow formation (H&E ×100). (B) The microphotograph reveals a well-circumscribed fragment of mature bone (arrows) surrounded by normal-appearing endometrium (H&E ×100).
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