Osseous metaplasia of endometrium--a rare cause of menometrorrhagia

Saadia Fawad
Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC · 2013 · vol. 24(1) , pp. 118–9 · PMID:23855113 · W2403487855
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This paper presents a case of osseous metaplasia, a rare endometrial disorder where bone forms from non-bone tissue, causing menometrorrhagia.

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Osseous metaplasia is a rare disorder of endometrium in which a bone is formed from a different tissue inside the same individual. It is not generally applicable to the persistence of embryonic or foetal bone resulting in calcification or ossification. Most common presentation of osseous metaplasia of bone is infertility usually secondary. A case of osseous metaplasia as a cause of memetrorrhagia as a rare entity is presented.

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infertility

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Endometrium Metrorrhagia Ossification, Heterotopic Adult Endometrium Female Humans Metrorrhagia Ossification, Heterotopic

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