Prior cesarean section. A risk factor for adenomyosis?

Harris WJ, W J Harris, J. F. Daniell, Daniell JF, Jason Baxter, Baxter JW, J W Baxter
The Journal of reproductive medicine · 1985 · vol. 30(3) , pp. 173–5 · PMID:3999065 · W137241384
article OA: closed CC0 ⤵ 18 in-corpus citations
View on OpenAlex View on PubMed
⚙ AI-generated summary by gemini-2.5-flash-lite, 2026-06-07 ⓘ

This study reviewed 485 cases of adenomyosis and found that prior cesarean section is not a risk factor for the condition, as only a small percentage of patients showed endometrial tissue in their scars.

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

Abstract

Four hundred eighty-five cases of histologically proven adenomyosis were reviewed to determine if that condition might have been induced by transplanted endometrium at the time of cesarean section. The rate of cesarean section in the study group was 6.4%. Evidence of the cesarean scar was noted histologically in 13 of 31 patients (42%) who had undergone cesarean section, and 2 of the 13 (15%) had evidence of glands and stroma within the scar. Both patients had other pathology that could account for their symptoms. Prior cesarean section does not appear to be a risk factor for symptomatic adenomyosis.

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Condition tags

endometriosisadenomyosis

MeSH descriptors

Cesarean Section Endometriosis Adult Cesarean Section Cicatrix Cicatrix Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometrium Endometrium Female Humans Middle Aged Postoperative Complications Risk

Citation neighborhood

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. [ expand to 2 hops ] — adds papers reached through this work's immediate citers/citees. Heavier; up to 60 extra dots.

Cited by (18)

Source provenance

europepmc
last seen: 2026-09-03T06:15:13.668130+00:00
openalex
last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
pubmed
last seen: 2026-05-13T22:09:45.632124+00:00
License: CC0 · commercial use OK