conclusions the high prevalence of vwd among our patients was the same as other previous reports, suggesting low awareness about this disease and under diagnosis of mild cases. results mean age of our patients was 32.5 ± 10.6 years. the level of von willebrand factor in 22.5% and von willebrand activity in 19.6% of patients was abnormal. the prevalence of vwd among patients with menorrhagia was...

Serum concentrations of fibrin degradation products were found to be higher during menstruation than in the intermenstrual phase. Higher concentrations were present in cases of menorrhagia as compared with healthy women and women with various gynaecological disorders but with normal menstrual function. Higher serum concentrations of fibrin degradation products in cases of menorrhagia may indica...

Endometrial osseous metaplasia is a rare pathological condition with mature bone in the endometrium and can be a cause for menorrhagia and infertility as bone in the endometrium acts like intrauterine contraceptive device. We report one such case with brief review of literature in a 28-year-old woman presenting with history of menorrhagia.

STUDY QUESTION How does the smooth muscle content and differentiation stage of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in endometrial blood vessels change according to the different phases of the menstrual cycle and is this altered in women with menorrhagia? SUMMARY ANSWER The smooth muscle content (as a proportion of the vascular cross-sectional area) of endometrial blood vessels remained uncha...

Excessive menstrual bleeding—menorrhagia is a common gynecologic disorder affecting women of reproductive age. Subjectively, menorrhagia is defined as a complaint of heavy cyclical menstrual bleeding occurring over several consecutive cycles (Rönnerdag and Odlind, 1999). Objectively, it can be defined as heavy menstrual bleeding lasting for more than 7 days or resulting in the loss of more than...

Menstrual disorders are listed as possible rare side effects during infliximab or adalimumab administration but very few case reports regarding the management of such menstrual side effects exist.1 A 32-year-old woman with ileal Crohn's disease was switched to adalimumab because of an allergic reaction during infliximab maintenance therapy. The patient was started on adalimumab but during the t...

Correspondence : Dr. Jayita Chakrabarti Flat No.-3R-2/10 25C Radhamadhav Dutta Garden Lane Kolkata 700 010. Tel. 033-23506964 Mobile 098300-45341 Email : [email protected] OBJECTIVE(S) : To find the incidence of different nonpelvic causes of menorrhagia with special emphasis on careful history taking, clinical examination and inclusion of simple blood tests to diagnose hemostatic...