Premenopausal metrorrhagia as a symptom of sarcoidosis.
Sarcoidosis rarely affects the female genitalia. We report a 36-year-old woman who had a hysterectomy for metrorrhagia. Histologic examination showed sarcoid granulomas in the endometrium and myometrium. Subsequent examinations revealed pulmonary sarcoidosis as well.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Herning Central Hospital, DK-7400 Herning, Denmark. gudrunneumann@dadlnet.dk
Gudrun
G
Neumann
Kjeld Leisgård
KL
Rasmussen
Helle
H
Olesen
D000328:Adult; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008796:Metrorrhagia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009215:Myometrium / Q000473:pathology; D017697:Premenopause; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery