Metropathy

Metropathy (from the Greek metra "uterus" and pathos "suffering") is the collective term for all diseases of the uterus . In a narrower sense, the term is used for diseases of the uterus that are associated with permanent bleeding ( haemorrhagic metropathy ).

Inflammatory metropathies are endometritis , myometritis , metritis , pyometra, and parametritis . In addition to the pyometra, the hydro- , haemo- and mucometra are pathological fluid accumulations in the uterus .

literature

• Renate Jäckle, Sieglinde Bogensberger: Hexal Pocket Lexicon Medicine . Elsevier, Urban & FischerVerlag, 3rd edition 2004, ISBN 9783437150111 , p. 490.

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