title: Uterine lithiasis.
abstract: We report a case of uterine lithiasis in a 73-year-old Latin American woman. The patient underwent vaginal hysterectomy and colporrhaphy for complaints related to secondary uterine prolapse and cystocele. The 70-g, 8 x 5 x 3.5 cm uterus had a normal shape. Ten white, starlike, 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm, calcified structures were found within the endometrial cavity. Chemical analysis of one of these by x-ray diffraction showed it to be composed of calcite, one of the crystalline forms of calcium carbonate. To our knowledge, this is the first report of human uterine lithiasis in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Alpert
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Haufrect
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002137:Calculi / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000473:pathology*