“Womb Stones” A Case Report and Literature Review

Calcified Leiomyomata Presenting as Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

“…It was also reported that uterine bone can act as an intrauterine contraceptive device causing failure of implantation [ 12 ]. It has been indicated by almost all previous publications that abnormal endometrial tissue has been handled by surgical removal [ 3 , 11 – 14 , 17 , 19 , 22 – 26 , 30 – 33 ]. The removal of abnormal endometrial tissue either by D&C or hysteroscopy has also been reported in order to treat intrauterine adhesions through metroplasty and resection of submucous fibroids, therefore resolving problems relating to infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss [ 3 , 12 – 14 , 22 , 23 , 25 , 28 , 31 , 32 ].…”

“…Endometrial calcification is an uncommon finding, and the presence of uterine bone tissue has been reported in several reports in the past years [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23], and the affected couples may have already suffered great emotional trauma and stress. One frequently mentioned theory about the formation of uterine bones is the fetal bone retention after miscarriage or pregnancy termination [11,12,16,[24][25][26][27][28], but this requires at least one previous 12-week-long pregnancy having the embryo reach endochondral ossification [11,15,24]. It was reported that osseous metaplasia usually presents itself as diffuse, sporadic ossification in the uterine endometrium without a reaction in the tissues around a retained fetus [13,24].…”