Chronic Plasma Cell Endometritis in Hysterectomy Specimens of HIV-Infected Women: A Retrospective Analysis

J. A. Kerr-Layton; C. A. Stamm; L. S. Peterson; J. A. Mcgregor

doi:10.1155/S1064744998000374

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1998)

Chronic Plasma Cell Endometritis in Hysterectomy Specimens of HIV-Infected Women: A Retrospective Analysis

J. A. Kerr-Layton,
C. A. Stamm,
L. S. Peterson,
J. A. Mcgregor

Affiliations

J. A. Kerr-Layton: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Mail Code 0660, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA
C. A. Stamm: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Mail Code 0660, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA
L. S. Peterson: Department of Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
J. A. Mcgregor: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Mail Code 0660, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744998000374
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 4
pp. 186 – 190

Abstract

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Objective: Abnormal uterine bleeding is a common and troublesome problem in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women. We sought to evaluate endometrial pathology among HIVinfected women requiring hysterectomy to explore if endometritis may be common among these patients.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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