Endometrial Sclerosis

Abstract
FOR THE past several years the literature has contained an increasing number of reports of cases of fibroinflammatory changes in the endometrium which resulted in various menstrual and pregnancy problems. The authors have applied a variety of terms to this condition. Generally, the European and Asian investigators have used the terms "traumatic amenorrhea"1and "intra-uterine adhesions."2-4American authors have called essentially the same condition "adhesive endometritis" and "endometrial sclerosis."5Asherman of Israel1,2was the first to discuss the condition thoroughly and draw attention to many of the salient features. Because of his reports, it has also been called Asherman's syndrome.6 The condition may be defined as a state in which the uterine walls become adherent to each other, in part or in whole, resulting in a diminished intrauterine cavity, and characterized clinically by menstrual abnormalities, infertility, and/or habitual abortion. We have had some experience with