Intrauterine bony fragments - An unexpected finding in the hysterectomy specimen

Intrauterine bony fragments (IUBF) are an unusual finding in hysterectomy specimen received in a histopathology laboratory. Females harboring IUBF may present non-specific symptoms like vaginal bleeding, leukorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, and secondary infertility. Herein we report the case of a 35-ye...

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Autores principales: Chaturvedi, Madhu, Shende, Ankita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo 2020
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Clinical Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7703452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33344312
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2020.182
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description Intrauterine bony fragments (IUBF) are an unusual finding in hysterectomy specimen received in a histopathology laboratory. Females harboring IUBF may present non-specific symptoms like vaginal bleeding, leukorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, and secondary infertility. Herein we report the case of a 35-year-old female who presented vaginal discharge and bleeding for two years, since when she had an abortion. Later, hysterectomy specimen revealed bone pieces in the uterine cavity.
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spelling pubmed-77034522020-12-18 Intrauterine bony fragments - An unexpected finding in the hysterectomy specimen Chaturvedi, Madhu Shende, Ankita Autops Case Rep Clinical Case Report Intrauterine bony fragments (IUBF) are an unusual finding in hysterectomy specimen received in a histopathology laboratory. Females harboring IUBF may present non-specific symptoms like vaginal bleeding, leukorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, and secondary infertility. Herein we report the case of a 35-year-old female who presented vaginal discharge and bleeding for two years, since when she had an abortion. Later, hysterectomy specimen revealed bone pieces in the uterine cavity. Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo 2020-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7703452/ /pubmed/33344312 http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2020.182 Text en Copyright: © 2020 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Intrauterine bony fragments - An unexpected finding in the hysterectomy specimen
title_full_unstemmed Intrauterine bony fragments - An unexpected finding in the hysterectomy specimen
title_short Intrauterine bony fragments - An unexpected finding in the hysterectomy specimen
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7703452/
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