habitual miscarriage

A habitual miscarriage is the term given when a woman has had more than 3 miscarriages and it affects approximately 1-2% of women.

Pathology

Many causes are identified.

• congenital uterine
  • mullerian duct anomalies
• acquired uterine causes
  • leiomyoma
  • uterine adhesion bands
• cervical incompetence
• chromosomal
  • autosomal trisomy
  • polyploidy
  • monosomy X
• endocrine
  • corpus luteum insufficiency
  • polycystic ovary syndrome
  • diabetes mellitus
  • hypothyroidism
  • hyperthyroidism
  • hypoprolactinemia
• infectious
  • listeriosis
  • toxoplasmosis
  • viral infections like rubella, herpes simplex, measles, cytomegalovirus, coxsackie virus.
  • malaria
  • syphillis
  • brucellosis
• immunologic
  • antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
  • antithyroid antibodies
  • male-specific minor histocompatibility
• lifestyle factors
  • smoking
  • alcohol
  • drugs
  • placental abnormalities
  • comorbid illnesses

Siehe auch:

• Polyzystisches Ovarialsyndrom
• Fehlgeburt
• Asherman-Syndrom

und weiter:

• verhaltener Abort