title: Hysteroscopic diagnosis and treatment of endocervical ossification: a case report.
abstract: We describe a case of osseous metaplasia into the cervical canal in a 41-year-old woman. The patient had a history of primary infertility, pelvic pain, chronic endocervicitis, and bone formation in the upper third of the cervical canal. After antibiotic therapy, we removed bone fragments by operative hysteroscopy using grasping forceps. The fragments were completely removed with no evidence of recurrence at 1-year follow-up. Chronic endocervicitis may cause endocervical ossification and should be ruled out before surgical removal of bone fragments in order to ensure definitive resolution and prevent recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department for Innovative Technology Application in Surgery, 1st Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Ettore
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cicinelli
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stanziano
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marinaccio
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Causio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*