VASCULAR CHANGES IN TRAUMATIC AMENORRHEA AND HYPO-MENORRHEA

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 22  (3) , 189-192
Abstract
Pelvic angiography was performed in 12 cases of amenorrhea and hypomenorrhea which developed following curettage for abortion and in the puerperium. Six cases of similar age and obstetric history with normal menstrual cycles served as control. Pelvic angiography revealed widespread vascular occlusion of myometrial arteries, in 7 of the 12 cases. These findings account for the small amount of endometrium removed on diagnostic curettage in these cases as well as the greatly reduced menstrual loss. The poor obstetric history of the cases studied may be due to this excessive vascular damage.

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