Important aspects in diagnosing adenomyosis
F Kleinsorge, M Schmidmayr, V Seifert-Klauss · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2015 · Heft 07
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Zusammenfassung
Introduction: Adenomyosis is defined as focal or diffuse endometrial tissue within the myometrium. Patients may present with dysmenorrhoea, irregular bleeding, pelvic pain and/or dyspareunia, symptoms which may also be due in part to other hormone-dependant pelvic lesions e.g. uterine fibroids, endometriosis, endometrial hyperplasia and/or polyps. Up to now adenomyosis can be suspected, but not diagnosed by clinicians, and a definite diagnosis is only reached by pathologists after hysterectomy. Current literature suggests transvaginal sonographic criteria which in combination may be a fairly accurate diagnostic…