WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2003: Re: menstrual clot or early miscarriage.. or something else?

Re: menstrual clot or early miscarriage.. or something else?

From: Leslie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 12 Jan 2003 10:52:33 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote: >
>At Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Leslie wrote:
>>
>>This is my first post. I had something occur and have been trying to
>>determine what it may have been. I have been looking through other
>>posts regarding menstrual clots, and I can't find any of them that
>>described it. A blob was released that was perhaps a bit larger than a
>>golf ball. But it was not a jellified mass that would be descibed as a
>>big lump of blood. When examined it was not a ball at all, but opened
>>and flattened out. The flat part can best be described as a fibrous,
>>texture .. sort of mesh looking (possibly translucent although I did
>>not hold it up to a light). Scattered about on top of this fibrous mesh
>>were small globules (perhaps pearl-size or smaller) of bright red blood,
>>and in a few areas much darker masses that were of no particular shape.
>>
>>Any ideas would be appreciated.
>>
>>--
>> -leslie
>>
>It is called a decidual cast, which is a sloughing off of the uterine
>lining. Not really something related to pathology, nor needs to be
>evaluated, unless it is associated with abnormal bleeding.
>
>--
>Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
> Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC
> Sugar Land, TX
>

Thank you Dr. Chudacoff, I apologize but I have additional question. I did some additional research to further set my mind at ease. I located this: "decidual cast, which is a cast of the lining of the uterus (endometrium) that develops from progesterone use. Women using depo-provera, Norplant, or even birth control pills can pass these surprising but harmless pieces of tissue". and: "The lining of the uterus when one is pregnant, other than the area taken up by the placenta, is called the decidua. The appearance of the normal liningof the uterus, by the effect of progesterone, becomes DECIDUALIZED. When an area of decidua is shed, it is called a decidual cast because it frequently comes out in the shape of the uterine cavity, hence cast".

At the time when this occurred I had not ever, and was not using any progesterone products. Thank you for any additional clarification you can provide.

--
 -leslie

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