“Call me by my true names”. The utopian search for endometriosis and adenomyosis terminology devoid of ambiguous pathogenic meaning: Just an illusion?

Paolo Vercellini, Edgardo Somigliana
In: Journal of Endometriosis and Uterine Disorders · 2023 · vol. 1 , pp. 100020 · doi:10.1016/j.jeud.2023.100020 · W4322765737
OA: diamond CC0 ⤵ 1 in-corpus citation
🔓 Open OA copy View on OpenAlex View at publisher
⚙ AI-generated summary by gemini-2.5-flash-lite, 2026-06-13 ⓘ

This paper argues current endometriosis and adenomyosis terminology is ambiguous, particularly for advanced nodules, and proposes clearer definitions for uterine and rectovaginal septum manifestations.

One-sentence paraphrase of the abstract; not a substitute for reading it. No clinical advice. How this works

Abstract

• The present terminology for some forms of endometriosis is incorrect or confusing. • The present terminology gives too little emphasis on the adhesive and fibrotic aspects of advanced endometriotic nodules. • Endometriosis infiltrating the outer myometrium of the anterior or posterior uterine wall should simply be defined as “uterine endometriosis”. • What is called rectovaginal septum endometriosis is the manifestation of endometriosis infiltration and fibrosis affecting a variable portion of the pouch of Douglas.

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Condition tags

endometriosisadenomyosis

Citation neighborhood (2-hop)

Papers in the corpus that this work cites (lower rings, blue) and that cite this one (upper rings, green). Dot size scales with the paper's in-corpus citation count — bigger dot = more influential within the endo/adeno field. Click a dot to open that paper. Outer rings show 2-hop neighbours — papers reached through the immediate citers/citees. [ collapse to 1-hop ]

References (50)

Cited by (1)

Source provenance

openalex
last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
License: CC0 · commercial use OK