To describe the successful management of a hematometra using a 5-mm continuous flow operative office hysteroscope. Case Report. 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. Vaginoscopic hysteroscopy performed in outpatient setting. Complete resolution of the hematometra and related clinical symptoms. 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. 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.

Use of office hysteroscopy to empty a very large hematometra in a young virgin patient with mosaic Turner's syndrome.

DI CARLO, COSTANTINO
2007-01-01

Abstract

To describe the successful management of a hematometra using a 5-mm continuous flow operative office hysteroscope. Case Report. 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. Vaginoscopic hysteroscopy performed in outpatient setting. Complete resolution of the hematometra and related clinical symptoms. 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. 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.
2007
Hematometra; hysteroscopy; Turner's syndrome; vaginoscopic approach
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