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Intractable Uterine Hæmorrhage and Arterio‐Sclerosis of the Uterine Vessels *
Author(s) -
Macdonald Elizabeth H. B.
Publication year - 1907
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1907.tb11725.x
Subject(s) - citation , medicine , library science , computer science
Many cases of severe uterine hemorrhage, occurring near the menopause and without obvious cause, have been reported within recent years. The pathological findings in these cases have been almost as various as the constructions put on the pathological conditions in the attempt to explain the haemorrhage. Nearly all have shown thickened blood-vessels, and the vessel changes have been regarded by many observers as the causal factor. In particular, Eeinecke, in 1896, reported four cases where hysterectomy was performed for bleeding, and where the pathological examination showed the most marked