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Query: UMLS:C0002453 (amenorrhea)
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In 12 women with amenorrhea or hypomenorrhea which developed following curettage for abortion or in the puerperium, 10 had hypomenorrhea and 2 had amenorrhea; there were 6 control cases. Pelvic angiography was done during the proliferative phase of cycles prior to Day 10. The uterine vascular bed was studied by the Seldinger retrograde femoral technique using 2 methods. In each case, a total volume of 30 ml of 80% sodium iothalamate (Angio-Conray) was used. Over 50% of the cases of hypomenorrhea showed significantly reduced vascularity in the endometrium. The poor obstetric history of these patients, with frequent early spontaneous abortions, may be due to the extensive vascular damage to the endometrium with fibrosis. Also these changes may account for the small amount of endometrium removed at diagnostic curettage as well as the greatly reduced menstrual loss. Radiographic findings are illustrated.
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PMID:Vascular changes in traumatic amenorrhea and hypomenorrhea. 2 15