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. 2022 Aug 4;26(3):538-546.
doi: 10.5935/1518-0557.20220015.

Endometritis - Diagnosis,Treatment and its impact on fertility - A Scoping Review

Neeta Singh  1 , Ankita Sethi  1
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Endometritis - Diagnosis,Treatment and its impact on fertility - A Scoping Review

Neeta Singh et al. JBRA Assist Reprod. .

Abstract

Endometritis is defined as an infection or inflammation of the endometrium. Endometritis is of two types: acute and chronic. Acute endometritis is the symptomatic acute inflammation of the endometrium, which upon examination with a microscope shows micro-abscess and neutrophil invasion in the superficial endometrium. One of its most common manifestations is postpartum endometritis. Chronic endometritis is a silent disease usually diagnosed on the workup of secondary amenorrhoea and infertility. An important cause of chronic endometritis is tuberculosis, especially in developing nations. Chronic and acute endometritis have been associated with poor reproductive outcomes. Worse outcomes have been reported for individuals with chronic endometritis. This is a scoping review of endometritis and its impact on fertility.

Keywords: Asherman’s syndrome; acute endometritis; chronic endometritis; infertility; thin endometrium.

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