Relationship between adenomyosis and uterine polyps

Ugo Indraccolo, Barbieri F, Fabrizio Barbieri, F Barbieri
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology · 2011 · vol. 157(2) , pp. 185–189 · doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2011.02.014 · PMID:21470766 · W1996072413
article OA: closed CC0 ⤵ 11 in-corpus citations
View on OpenAlex View on PubMed View at publisher
⚙ AI-generated summary by claude@2026-06, 2026-06-04 ⓘ

This study investigated the association between adenomyosis and uterine polyps, finding a statistically significant relationship between the two conditions.

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

Abstract

ObjectiveTo evaluate whether adenomyosis is associated with uterine polyps.Study designTo perform an ethical human study, we planned a large retrospective observational study covering the entire patient population of the ULSS 17-Veneto district who underwent resectoscopy in 2007 and 2008 (959 patients). We enrolled all the patients underwent resectoscopy with resection of uterine polyps, with resection of myomas, with endometrial ablations by slicing, and with endometrial biopsies in both the presence and absence of hysteroscopically visible lesions. The diagnosis of adenomyosis was made by pathological examination of tissue specimens obtained using a resectoscope loop. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to determine if adenomyosis was one of the various risk factors for the presence and number of uterine polyps. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 16.0) was employed, and p≤0.05 was the minimum for significance.ResultsAge (p=0.005), adenomyosis (p=0.013), high fasting glucose levels (p=0.004), and hypertension (p=0.045) were significantly associated with endometrial polyps. The presence of multiple endometrial polyps seemed to be associated with the presence of adenomyosis (p=0.016). The presence of cervical polyps was significantly associated only with presence of adenomyosis (p=0.002). The presence of multiple cervical polyps did not seem to be influenced by any of the variables considered.ConclusionsThe results clearly demonstrate an association between adenomyosis and uterine polyps. The pathogenetic role of adenomyosis in the development of polyps should therefore be investigated further.

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Condition tags

endometriosisadenomyosis

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Polyps Uterine Diseases Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Blood Glucose Blood Glucose Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Hypertension Hypertension Hypertension Italy Logistic Models Middle Aged Polyps Polyps

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.

References (42)

Cited by (11)

Source provenance

europepmc
last seen: 2026-08-07T06:07:27.085738+00:00
openalex
last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
pubmed
last seen: 2026-05-13T22:16:48.482574+00:00
License: CC0 · commercial use OK