. The Principles and practice of gynecology : for students and practitioners. FIG. CHRONIC ENDOMETRITIS. 229 stmutiuios to causo a most distressing pruritus vulvte. Tiie iiilcctiouluav destroy the cxhausttd senile niueosa and penetrate into tlie luns-eularis. Cieatrieial stenosis and even complete! (^leatrieial occlusion inthe uterine canal, usually at tiie internal os, may occur causing theuterine secretions to be retained and the distended organ to become athin-walletl retention-cyst—pyometra or hydrometra, according as theretained fluid is purulent or watery ; this obstruction to the dr
. The Principles and practice of gynecology : for students and practitioners. FIG. CHRONIC ENDOMETRITIS. 229 stmutiuios to causo a most distressing pruritus vulvte. Tiie iiilcctiouluav destroy the cxhausttd senile niueosa and penetrate into tlie luns-eularis. Cieatrieial stenosis and even complete! (^leatrieial occlusion inthe uterine canal, usually at tiie internal os, may occur causing theuterine secretions to be retained and the distended organ to become athin-walletl retention-cyst—pyometra or hydrometra, according as theretained fluid is purulent or watery ; this obstruction to the drainageof secretions aggravates the disease, and tlu; organ may remain largefrom distention. The retained products of senile endometritis maygive rise to reiiex disturbances, innutrition, and to systemic depression,even to general chronic toxaemia. In most cases of senile endome-tritis the uterus is not enlarged, but rather in a state of full senileatrophy. The microscopical changes are like those of atrophic interstitialendometritis, already described. The glands and epithelial e
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