Isolated Eosinophilic Myometritis-A Rare Cause of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in a Peri-menopausal Woman with Review of the Literature
Received: 16 Jun 2023 | Received in revised form: 31 Jan 2024
Accepted: 01 Feb 2024 | Available online: 05 Feb 2024Thotadamane Nagaraja CHANDRASHEKHARa , Sateesh S CHAVANb , Veena S HEMANTa , Priyadharshini BARGUNAMc , Diptanu SARKARa
aDepartment of Pathology, Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, India
bDepartment of Pathology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, India
cDepartment of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
JCOG. 2024;34(1):41-6
DOI: 10.5336/jcog.2023-98463
Article Language: EN
Copyright Ⓒ 2024 by Türkiye Klinikleri. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (
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ABSTRACT
This article documents a case of isolated eosinophilic myometritis (IEM) in a peri-menopausal woman presenting with abnormal uterine bleeding with a brief review of the literature. A 48-year-old peri-menopausal woman presented to the gynecology department with easy fatigability, abdominal pain radiating to the back of the leg, irregular cycles, dysmenorrhea, and menorrhagia for the last three months. The present case describes the histopathological findings of an IEM, without any kind of endometrial involvement or pathology in a perimenopausal woman lacking a history of previous invasive procedure or intervention, allergic manifestation, or systemic disorder. IEM is a cause of abnormal uterine bleeding, which usually represents repair/regeneration-associated changes. Larger case studies are needed to explore the significance of eosinophils in myometrial inflammation or repair and to determine their role in IEM and other non-neoplastic lesions and the contribution of the individual subpopulations of eosinophils.
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