title: Myometrial vascular damage after surgical sterilisation by tubal diathermy.
abstract: Vascular damage is described in the myometrium adjacent to areas of previous tubal diathermy for sterilisation. Elastosis, different in degree from that seen in the multiparous uterus, is most common, but more striking is medial arteriolar muscle loss with microaneurysm formation and occasional rupture.
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009215:Myometrium / Q000098:blood supply*; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology