[Hematometra & Listeria monocytogenes].

Abstract

The hematometra is a nosological entity that may not always be attributed to an embryonic defect of the paramesonefros; cervical-vaginal infections such as etiological possibilities due to Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), cervix malignant neoplasias, iatrogenias due to endometrial ablation with Lasser, traumatic bloody uterine curetage and because of cervical cryocoagulation or electrocoagulation are also mentioned. The case to be reported is from a woman in reproductive stage, who is 32 years old, and had menarca at the age of 13, starting her sexual life at 31, not using any method to control her fertility. When having an eight-week amenorrhea after 8 months of marriage, she visited the doctor for assumed pregnancy, within the prenatal analysis a pelvic echographic study was requested, finding out images that we concluded as hematometra, having been drained and demonstrated the presence of LM by anti-Lm antibodies, being administered Azitromicina and Espiramicina.

• Authors: E Gómez Arzapalo, A Pérez Mendizábal, I Herrera Avalos, J I Gorozpe Calvillo
• Journal: Ginecologia y obstetricia de Mexico (Ginecol Obstet Mex) Vol. 69 Pg. 206-8 (May 2001) ISSN: 0300-9041 [Print] Mexico
• Vernacular Title: Hematometra por Listeria monocytogenes.
• PMID: 15326808 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Amenorrhea (etiology)
• Angiography
• Female
• Hematometra (diagnostic imaging, etiology)
• Humans
• Listeriosis (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Ultrasonography