The following are the most important diseases or complications that can be caused by endometritis (inflammation of the endometrium/muscular layer of the uterus):
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Sepsis (blood poisoning)
- Toxic shock syndrome (TSS; synonym: tampon disease).
Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – reproductive organs) (N00-N99).
- Adnexitis (ovarian inflammation).
- Pelveoperitonitis (peritonitis confined to the small pelvis).
- Pyelonephritis (inflammation of the renal pelvis).
- Pyometra (purulent inflammation of the uterus).
- Tuboovarian abscess (encapsulated inflammatory focus with involvement and caking of the fallopian tube and ovary).
- Cystitis (inflammation of the bladder)
