title: Osseous metaplasia: case report and review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Iatriki Erevna-IVF Unit, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Trifon
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lainas
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zorzovilis
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petsas
authors.forename: Efthymia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alexopoulou
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lainas
authors.forename: Tasos
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ioakimidis
mesh_terms: 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