Single
case reports of women presenting with symptoms due to underlying endometrial
ossification were traced to countries as diverse as Hong Kong, USA, The Netherlands, Spain, India, Tunisia, and Cote d’Ivoire. Therefore, it seems
worthwhile to compare such data with the 19 cases gathered over the years
personally in a developing community comprising of a large Ethnic Group, the
Ibos.
Furthermore, following the example of a Birmingham (UK) group, this was
achieved by establishing a histo pathology data pool, seeing that it is suitable
for epidemiological analysis. The findings included, on the macroscopic side,the patient who was able to handle the bone nestling on her cervix, while, on
the microscopic side, it was the formation in bone itself of fatty marrow! In
all probability, previous infected abortion(s) constituted the precursors of
the ossifications.