Endometrial Osseous Metaplasia—A Rare Presentation of Polymenorrhagia: A Case Report
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Asma Nigar,
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Integral Institute of Medical Sciences and Research,
Dasauli, Kursi Road, Lucknow-226026, Uttar Pradesh, India.
E-mail: drasmanigar@gmail.com
Endometrial ossification is a rare entity in which bones are found in the uterus. Exact aetiopathogenesis is not known but the most accepted theory is metaplasia of stromal cells into osteoblast cells result in the formation of bones. The possibility of malignant mixed mullerian tumour should be in the mind of clinician and pathologist while making diagnosis. We hereby report an extremely rare case, which is among very few reported cases in the world, in which endometrial ossification presented in a perimenopausal female with polymenorrhagia. A 41-year-old multiparous patient presented with irregular bleeding per vaginum for the past two years. She was found to be a case of endometrial calcification with osseous metaplasia with presence of bones varying from 7mm – 1.5 cms size in the uterine cavity. She was successfully managed by total abdominal hysterectomy.
Aetiopathogenesis, Endometrial calcification, Uterine cavity ossification
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/12221.5844
Date of Submission: Nov 21, 2014
Date of Peer Review: Feb 26, 2015
Date of Acceptance: Mar 20, 2015
Date of Publishing: Apr 01, 2015
Financial OR OTHER COMPETING INTERESTS: None.
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