Endometritis
Endometritis
Updated: 12/16/2020
© Jun Wang, MD, PhD
General features
- Inflammation of endometrium
- Pregnancy-related or unrelated to pregnancy
- Acute and chronic
- May be associated with salpingitis, oophoritis and peritonitis
Clinical presentations
- Acute endometritis: symptoms of infection, fever, septic shock, etc
- Chronic endometritis: usually asymptomatic
Etiology
- Acute endometritis: bacterial infection, retained tissue or instrumentation
- Chronic endometritis: Pelvic inflammatory disease, IUD, postpartum, post-abortion (retained tissue), infection, etc
Key pathological findings
- Acute endometritis: neutrophilic infiltration, microabscess
- Chronic endometritis: Plasma cells in stroma
Diagnosis
- Usually based on clinical findings
- Acute endometritis: Antibiotics, removing retained tissue
- Chronic endometritis: Antibiotics, removing retained tissue, treating underlying causes
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