Case Report

Secondary Infertility Caused by Retained Fetal Bone Fragments

  • Uğur Toprak
  • Alper Nadir Selvi
  • Sema Mutgan
  • Murat Demiriz

Received Date: 30.01.2007 Accepted Date: 30.04.2007 J Ankara Univ Fac Med 2007;60(3):120-122

Bone within the uterine cavity is an unusual finding in women with secondary infertility, and is usually associated with a past history of termination of pregnancy.The etiology is unknown, but theories include retained fetal bone and osseous metaplasia of endometrial tissue. We describe a case of infertility patient, had history of surgical termination of pregnancies. Histological exami-nation of the curettage material revealed bone marrow formation, a phenomenon that has been merely reported twice previously in the literature.

Keywords: retained fetal bone, secondary infertility, endometrium, bone, transvaginal ultrasound