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The cellular composition of uterine fluid in IUD users - a quantitative study
The cellular composition of uterine fluid was studied quantitatively in 75 IUD users and 48 non-users. In the IUD group the number of granulocytes was increased about 300 times above that of the non-IUD group, whereas the numbers of mononuclear phagocytic cells and lymphocytes were increased by a factor of 30. Endometrial glandular cells were not quantitatively affected by the presence of an IUD. Granulocytes constituted nearly two-thirds and mononuclear phagocytic cells nearly one-third of the total cell count in the IUD group. Mast cells wee found more frequently and eosinophilia occurred more often in the uterine fluid of IUD users.
The cellular composition of uterine fluid was studied quantitatively in 75 IUD users and 48 non-users. In the IUD group the number of granulocytes was increased about 300 times above that of the non-IUD group, whereas the numbers of mononuclear phagocytic cells and lymphocytes were increased by a factor of 30. Endometrial glandular cells were not quantitatively affected by the presence of an IUD. Granulocytes constituted nearly two-thirds and mononuclear phagocytic cells nearly one-third of the total cell count in the IUD group. Mast cells wee found more frequently and eosinophilia occurred more often in the uterine fluid of IUD users.