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THERAPEUTIC ABORTION FOLLOWED BY X-RAY STERILIZATION AND RESUMPTION OF NORMAL MENSTRUATION AFTER THREE YEARS WITH BIRTH OF TWO NORMAL CHILDREN ( NY STATE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, VOL 55, NO 24 )( PART )

KAPLAN, I I [NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTER]

HREX

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

1955 Dec 15

Never classified

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NV0702326

1994 Aug 27

2017 Dec 21

A CASE REPORT OF A WOMAN AGED 27 WAS REFERRED ON AUGUST 23, 1946, FOR X-RAY TREATMENT FOR SPINAL ARTHRITIS. IN 1936 SHE HAD FALLEN DOWN SOME STAIRS IN WHICH SHE SUSTAINED A SACROILIAC INJURY, WITH PAIN RADIATING DOWN THE THIGHS AND UP ALONG THE SPINE. IN JANUARY, 1946, SHE CONCEIVED AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER BEGAN TO SUFFER WITH MORE SEVERE PAINS IN THE LOWER BACK AND BOTH HIPS. THE PREGNANCY WAS TERMINATED DUE TO MEDICAL PRECAUTIONARY REASONS, HOWEVER, THE PAIN CONTINUED. THE WOMAN WAS REFERRED FOR X-RAY THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF ARTHRITIS. HIGH-VOLTAGE X-RAYS WERE DIRECTED THROUGH THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR PELVIC FIELDS AND THE DORSOLUMBAR SPINE AND THE SACROILIAC AREAS. THE DOSE, MEASURED IN AIR, WAS 1,200 R TO EACH OF THE PELVIC AREAS AND 2,000 R TO THE SPINE. IRRADIATION WAS GIVEN DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST TO NOVEMBER, 1946. SHE WAS RELIEVED OF PAIN IN THE SPINE, BUT OVARIAN STERILIZATION SEEMED TO BE DEFINITE FOR SHE DID NOT MENSTRUATE AFTER THE LAST PERIOD. ON JULY 12, 1950, THE WOMAN BEGAN MENSTRUATING AND ON OCTOBER 31, 1950, SHE WAS TWO AND ONE-HALF MONTHS PREGNANT.