TY - JOUR AU - Nappi, Carmine AB - Gynecol Surg (2010) 7:295–296 DOI 10.1007/s10397-010-0586-z IMAGES Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo & Marialuigia Spinelli & Carmela Coppola & Brunella Zizolfi & Carmine Nappi Received: 6 April 2010 /Accepted: 19 April 2010 /Published online: 29 April 2010 Springer-Verlag 2010 . . Keywords Hysteroscopy Chronic endometritis continuous flow hysteroscope size 4; Karl Storz GmbH & Endometrial polyp Co., Tuttlingen, Germany) with a 30°-grade optic and an incorporated 5Fr working channel. Vaginoscopic approach and normal saline solution were used to identify external Chronic endometritis (CE) is an infectious or reactive uterine ostium to distend uterine cavity. Intrauterine process with multiple etiologies. The lesion is reportedly pressure was maintained at a constant 50–70 mmHg with often associated with pelvic inflammatory disease, inter- an electronic pump for irrigation and aspiration (Endomat; menstrual bleeding, and pelvic pain [1]. Karl Storz GmbH & Co.). Neither analgesia nor anesthesia Recently, Cicinelli and coworkers [2, 3] identified the was administered to our patient. At the entrance within the hysteroscopic appearance of CE as characterized by the uterine cavity, a “bizarre” hysteroscopic finding similar to presence of endometrial micropolyps (less than 1 mm of a waterscape was detected. A brownish, 1.5 cm-sized size) associated with stromal edema, endometrial thicken- TI - Looking for a polyp, we found a...crab! JF - Gynecological Surgery DO - 10.1007/s10397-010-0586-z DA - 2010-04-29 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/looking-for-a-polyp-we-found-a-crab-X2v8MoEBgw SP - 295 EP - 296 VL - 7 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -