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Fertility Glossary

Intrauterine adhesions (Asherman syndrome)

Scar tissue inside the uterus, also called Asherman syndrome.

Adhesions typically follow uterine instrumentation or infection, including complications of miscarriage or unsafe abortion. Periods may become very light or stop. Treatment is hysteroscopic division of the scar tissue.

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