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20070546

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
A 47-year-old female was referred for evaluation of chronic lower back pain. A magnetic resonance imaging of her lumbar spine revealed a broad-based disc herniation at L4-L5 with bilateral neural foraminal narrowing. A decision was made to treat her with bilateral L4-5 transforaminal epidural steroid injections. Following moderate pain relief, the procedure was repeated. Several days after each injection, the patient experienced unusually heavy and painful menstrual bleeding. We postulate that the introduction of exogenous corticosteroids directly into the neuraxial space can initiate a negative feedback loop on the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. As a result, this may lead to decreased levels of circulating hormones, resulting in episodes of menorrhagia in the premenopausal population.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1526-4637
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
713-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidural corticosteroid injections as a possible cause of menorrhagia: a case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. agitkind@montefiore.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports