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Endometrial ossification.

G C Ejeckam·F Haseeb·R Ahamad·B Azadeh
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A case of endometrial ossification in a 22-year-old woman is reported. Chronic endometritis following post-abortion evacuation was considered the basis for the osseous metaplasia in her endometrium. Besides being a reversible cause of infertility, endometrial ossification needs to be differentiated from mixed mesodermal tumours of the endometrium.

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Abortion, SpontaneousAdultDilatation and CurettageEndometritisFemaleHumansOssification, HeterotopicPregnancyCase ReportsJournal Article

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G C Ejeckam, F Haseeb, R Ahamad, B Azadeh. 1991. Endometrial ossification.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1816670/

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