Risk Factors of Adenomyosis: A Case Control Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Assam, India

Adenomyosis is categorized under Non inflammatory disorder of the Female Genital tract in ICD10 classification. It is defined as the benign invasion of endometrium into the myometrium, producing a diffusely enlarged uterus which microscopically exhibits ectopic non-neoplastic, endometrial glands and stroma surrounded by the hypertrophic and hyperplastic myometrium. As most of the women with adenomyosis will end up undergoing hysterectomy which have long term complication in quality of life, therefore a better understanding regarding the etiopathogensis including the associated risk factors will help us in prevention and control of Adenomyosis. So this case control study was carried out to find out the risk factors of Adenomyosis. Methodology: A case control study with an sample size of 60,30 cases and 30 control. Results: There was no statistical association between age, parity, History of abortion, previous surgical history and smoking with adenomyosis. Conclusion: Our study showed no association of the commonly known risk factors of Adenomyosis.