title: Importance of cervical length in dysmenorrhoea aetiology.
abstract: The objective of this prospective case-control study was to determine whether uterine corpus and cervical length measurements have a role in dysmenorrhoea aetiology in virgins. Patients with severe primary dysmenorrhoea with visual analog scale scores of ≥7 composed the dysmenorrhoea group (n = 51), while the control group (n = 51) was of women with painless menstrual cycles or with mild pain. Longitudinal and transverse axes of the uterine cervix and uterine corpus were measured. Correlation between severity of dysmenorrhoea and uterine cervix and corpus axes was calculated. Longitudinal and transverse axes of uterine cervix as well as uterine cervix volume were significantly higher in the dysmenorrhoea group compared to the controls. There was a significant positive correlation between severity of dysmenorrhoea and the length of cervical longitudinal and transverse axes and uterine cervical volume. Our findings reveal longer cervical length and greater cervical volume in young virgin patients with dysmenorrhoea and severe pain compared to those with no or less pain.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Suleymaniye Maternity and Women's Disease Education and Research Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Zebitay
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Suleymaniye Maternity and Women's Disease Education and Research Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Verit
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Suleymaniye Maternity and Women's Disease Education and Research Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: M Nafi
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sakar
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Suleymaniye Maternity and Women's Disease Education and Research Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: Seda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Suleymaniye Maternity and Women's Disease Education and Research Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: Orkun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Suleymaniye Maternity and Women's Disease Education and Research Hospital , Istanbul , Turkey.
authors.forename: A Ibrahim
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Ulusoy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D054791:Cervical Length Measurement; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009929:Organ Size; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Uterine cervix; dysmenorrhoea; longitudinal axis; transverse axis; uterine corpus