Premenopausal metrorrhagia as a symptom of sarcoidosis

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2002 Sep 10;104(2):171-3. doi: 10.1016/s0301-2115(02)00112-4.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Endometrium / pathology
  • Female
  • Granuloma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Metrorrhagia / etiology*
  • Metrorrhagia / pathology
  • Metrorrhagia / surgery
  • Myometrium / pathology
  • Premenopause*
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
  • Uterine Diseases / complications*
  • Uterine Diseases / pathology
  • Uterine Diseases / surgery