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Use of office hysteroscopy to empty a very large hematometra in a young virgin patient with mosaic Turner's syndrome.Di Spiezio Sardo A, Di Carlo C, Salerno MC, Sparice S, Bifulco G, Guida M, Nappi C Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy. cdispie@tin.it <cdispie@tin.it> OBJECTIVE: To describe the successful management of a hematometra using a 5-mm continuous flow operative office hysteroscope. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University of Naples "Federico II." PATIENT(S): A 13-year-old virgin patient affected by mosaic Turner's syndrome (45 X; 46 XX) was referred to the emergency room of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology after an episode of severe pelvic pain with metrorrhagia. A large hematometra was detected by transabdominal ultrasound scanning. INTERVENTION(S): Vaginoscopic hysteroscopy performed in outpatient setting. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Complete resolution of the hematometra and related clinical symptoms. RESULT(S): Vaginoscopic approach avoided general anesthesia and preserved the integrity of her hymen. A chocolate-like fluid started to spill out from the uterine cavity as soon as the tip of hysteroscope passed through the internal uterine ostium. A transabdominal ultrasound performed 2 days later showed resolution of the hematometra. Success of the procedure was confirmed by the resolution of all clinical symptoms. CONCLUSION(S): In selected cases, with intact outflow tract, outpatient vaginoscopic hysteroscopy might represent the therapeutic technique of choice in case of hematometra, even in the case of virgin patients. Published 5 February 2007 in Fertil Steril, 87(2): 417.e1-3.
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