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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Endometrial morphometry in users of intrauterine contraceptive devices and

women with ovulatory dysfunctional uterine bleeding: a comparison with

normal endometrium.

AUTHORS

Wang IY; Russell P; Fraser IS

SOURCE

CONTRACEPTION. 1995 Apr;51(4):243-8.

ABSTRACT

Researchers conducted endometrial morphometry on 23 women suffering from menorrhagia and ovulatory

dysfunctional uterine bleeding, 23 users of a copper releasing IUD, and 45 healthy women (controls) to compare their

endometrial histology. Cases and controls were patients at Royal Prince Alfred and King George V Hospitals in

Sydney, Australia. The endometria of IUD users had many more plasma cells than normal endometria (median,

0.3/1000 stromal cells vs. 0; p < 0.05). 12 biopsies from IUD-exposed endometria had no plasma cells at all.

Almost all of the remaining biopsies had less than 2/1000 stromal cells. Endometrial gland epithelial height in IUD-

exposed users was much greater than that in normal users (26.9 vs. 20.3 mcm; p < 0.01). The difference was

exclusively due to a change in the secretory phase (29.4 vs. 20.3 mcm; p < 0.01), suggesting that there was a

secretory function defect in glandular epithelium. All other parameters were not significantly different between IUD

users and normal subjects. Women who suffered from menorrhagia and ovulatory dysfunctional bleeding had many

more infiltrating leukocytes in their endometrium than those with a normal endometrium (41.1/1000 vs. 30.1/1000; p <

0.05). These leukocytes tended to be lymphocytes. All other parameters were not significantly different between

menorrhagia sufferers with ovulatory dysfunctional bleeding and normal subjects. Endometrial morphometry of

dysfunctional bleeders and of IUD users was not significantly different. These findings suggest that IUD use and

ovulatory dysfunctional bleeding may be associated with static morphometric observations and dynamic biochemical

changes. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2589-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Endometrial morphometry in users of intrauterine

contraceptive devices and women with ovulatory dysfunctional uterine bleeding: a comparison with normal

endometrium.", is(are) Wang IY; Russell P; Fraser IS. The source of this article is "CONTRACEPTION. 1995

Apr;51(4):243-8.". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 2589-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7589

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