Christine P. West

This chapter examines the clinical features that may suggest a diagnosis of adenomyosis and the medical and surgical approaches to management. Adenomyosis is implicated as a cause of both heavy and painful menstruation, but because the diag…

This chapter examines the epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical features of endometriosis. It deals mainly with the management of pain in endometriosis, which has attracted a large literature and for which evidence-based management is rel…

Tamoxifen (20 mg per day) was administered for at least 3 months to six premenopausal women with uterine fibromyomata. In all the women there was an increased variability in the length of the menstrual and ovarian cycle associated with a si…