{"paper_id":"d0178028-1afa-491a-bd50-42f307379eef","body_text":"Article Text\nStatistics from Altmetric.com\nAdenomyosis has long been referred to as the ‘elusive’ condition in gynaecology.1 Clinical diagnosis is complicated by symptoms shared with other gynaecological pathologies. Despite being a common part of preoperative workup, ultrasound and MRI lack both sensitivity and specificity.2\nHistological assessment of the uterus, while viewed as gold standard, has an inter-pathologist variation as wide as 10–88%.3 The literature reports multiple reasons for this. Diagnosis predominantly relates to the distance of endometrial glands and stroma from the deepest point of the endomyometrial junction. The extent of invasion required for diagnosis, however, is still a matter of debate,4 with no consensus between pathology services. Furthermore, the spread of adenomyosis …\nFootnotes\nHandling editor Vikram Deshpande.\nContributors TM, CR and MH came up with the manuscript idea. LC and MN advised on appropriate topics and content. TM and HM drafted initial manuscript. All authors contributed to editing manuscript.\nFunding Epworth Researcher Capacity Building Grant from the Epworth Medical Foundation.\nCompeting interests None declared.\nProvenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.","source_license":"public-domain-us","license_restricted":false}