Menstrual Disorders

Microscopic blood smear showing numerous small, pale ring-shaped red blood cells, with occasional darker purple cells and platelets.

Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Diagram of uterine and ovarian arteries branching through the myometrium into radial, basal, and spiral arteries within the endometrium.

Primary Dysmenorrhoea

Diagram of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis showing GnRH from the hypothalamus stimulating the anterior pituitary, which releases FSH and LH acting on granulosa and theca cells to produce inhibin, oestrogen and androgens, with feedback arrows.

Amenorrhoea and Oligomenorrhoea

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Illustration of a fetus in the uterus with the placenta, plus an inset close-up showing branching chorionic villi.
Obstetric Procedures

Chorionic Villus Sampling

by Oliver Jones and Chloe Webster

Infertility

Female Factor Infertility

by Nitisha D'Souza, Chloe Webster and Beth Harcourt

Diagram of the uterus showing fibroid locations: A, subserosal; B, intramural; and C, submucosal.
Uterine Disorders

Uterine Fibroids

by Oliver Jones and Chloe Webster