[Clinical-morphological parallels in postpartum endometritis]

Clinicomorphologic parallels were studied in 45 puerperants with postpartum endometritis. This condition was histologically confirmed in 42 of the 45 patients with its clinical symptoms (in 100% of patients with the grave, in 95% with the medium-severity, and in 83% of those with the benign form of the disease). The authors came to the conclusion that the severity of postpartum endometritis was directly dependent on the extent and depth of the uterine wall involvement in the inflammatory process. By the end of treatment the morphologic signs of inflammation persisted in 40% of patients even without clinical signs of endometritis. Such women should be referred to a group at high risk of developing chronic endometritis.