We reported a female case of painful thyroiditis occurring after hysterosalpingography and investigated whether the destructive thyroiditis was iodine-induced. The patient, aged 28, had TBG deficiency and the previous episode of thyrotoxicosis caused by Graves' disease. Lipiodol (containing 4.8g of iodide in 10ml solution) was administered via vagina for hysterosalpingography. One month after t...

INTRODUCTION Subfertility is the inability of a couple to conceive even after one year of regular unprotected coitus. The desire of woman for children is great, sometimes greater than self-interest in beauty and figure and may be stronger than the claims of a career. Considering the social stigma attached to subfertility, a sympathetic and a carefully balanced therapeutic approach to their prob...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of hystero-salpingography (HSG) in detecting uterine cavity abnormalities in infertile patients, with reference to hysteroscopy as the gold standard method. 60 infertile women were investigated with both HSG and hysteroscopy. Statistical analysis was performed. As a test for the detection of uterine cavity abnormalities, HSG in...