Osseous metaplasia: case report and review.
OBJECTIVE
To discuss, through the experience of a case report and extensive literature review, the best practices for the diagnosis and treatment of osseous metaplasia, which is the cause of secondary infertility.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
In vitro fertilization unit in Athens.


METHODS
A 40-year-old woman with a 10-year history of secondary infertility.


METHODS
Hysteroscopic diagnosis and removal of the bony fragment.


METHODS
Elimination of secondary infertility caused by osseous metaplasia.


RESULTS
After treatment, the woman underwent an IVF program and a healthy neonate was born with cesarean section.


CONCLUSIONS
Hysteroscopy remains the best practice for the diagnosis and removal of endometrial ossifications, causing secondary infertility.
Lainas
Trifon
T
Iatriki Erevna-IVF Unit, Athens, Greece.
Zorzovilis
Ioannis
I
Petsas
Georgios
G
Alexopoulou
Efthymia
E
Lainas
Georgios
G
Ioakimidis
Tasos
T
D000328:Adult; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D008679:Metaplasia; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery