A Systematic Review of Adenomyosis: It Is Time to Reassess What We Thought We Knew about the Disease

Megan Loring; Tammy Chen; Tammy Y Chen; Keith B Isaacson; Keith Isaacson

doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2020.10.012

A Systematic Review of Adenomyosis: It Is Time to Reassess What We Thought We Knew about the Disease

Megan Loring, Tammy Chen, Tammy Y Chen, Keith B Isaacson, Keith Isaacson

Journal of minimally invasive gynecology · 2020 · vol. 28(3) , pp. 644–655 · doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2020.10.012 · PMID:33371949 · W3094217763

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This systematic review reassesses current knowledge on adenomyosis, advocating for a reevaluation of established understandings of the disease.

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Adenomyosis and endometriosis. Re-visiting their association and further insights into the mechanisms of auto-traumatisation. An MRI study via openalex
Adenomyosis as a disorder of the early and late human reproductive period via openalex
Adenomyosis: epidemiological factors via openalex
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Association between ultrasound features of adenomyosis and severity of menstrual pain via openalex
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Diagnosing adenomyosis with MRI: a prospective study revisiting the junctional zone thickness cutoff of 12 mm as a diagnostic marker via openalex
Duration of dysmenorrhoea and extent of adenomyosis visualised by magnetic resonance imaging via openalex
Four subtypes of adenomyosis assessed by magnetic resonance imaging and their specification via openalex
How common is adenomyosis? A prospective study of prevalence using transvaginal ultrasound in a gynaecology clinic via openalex
In Vivo Adenomyosis Tissue Sampling Using a Transvaginal Ultrasound–guided Core Biopsy Technique for Research Purposes: Safety, Feasibility, and Effectiveness via openalex
Is adenomyosis associated with menorrhagia? via openalex
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[1] Accuracy of Hysteroscopic Endomyometrial Biopsy in Diagnosis of Adenomyosis via openalex

[2] Adenomyosis: A Clinical Review of a Challenging Gynecologic Condition via openalex

[3] Adenomyosis among samples from hysterectomy due to abnormal uterine bleeding. via openalex

[4] Adenomyosis and endometriosis. Re-visiting their association and further insights into the mechanisms of auto-traumatisation. An MRI study via openalex

[5] Adenomyosis as a disorder of the early and late human reproductive period via openalex

[6] Adenomyosis: epidemiological factors via openalex

[7] Adenomyosis: Review of the Literature via openalex

[8] An update on adenomyosis in the adolescent via openalex

[9] Association between ultrasound features of adenomyosis and severity of menstrual pain via openalex

[10] Complete evaluation of anatomy and morphology of the infertile patient in a single visit; the modern infertility pelvic ultrasound examination via openalex

[11] Diagnosing adenomyosis with MRI: a prospective study revisiting the junctional zone thickness cutoff of 12 mm as a diagnostic marker via openalex

[12] Duration of dysmenorrhoea and extent of adenomyosis visualised by magnetic resonance imaging via openalex

[13] Four subtypes of adenomyosis assessed by magnetic resonance imaging and their specification via openalex

[14] How common is adenomyosis? A prospective study of prevalence using transvaginal ultrasound in a gynaecology clinic via openalex

[15] In Vivo Adenomyosis Tissue Sampling Using a Transvaginal Ultrasound–guided Core Biopsy Technique for Research Purposes: Safety, Feasibility, and Effectiveness via openalex

[16] Is adenomyosis associated with menorrhagia? via openalex

[17] Laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis via openalex

[18] Laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis via openalex

[19] Pathogenesis of adenomyosis: an update on molecular mechanisms via openalex

[20] Pathology of the Female Reproductive Tract via openalex

[21] Pathophysiology of adenomyosis via openalex

[22] Persistence of dysmenorrhea and nonmenstrual pain after optimal endometriosis surgery may indicate adenomyosis via openalex

[23] Relationship between the magnetic resonance imaging appearance of adenomyosis and endometriosis phenotypes via openalex

[24] Structural and molecular features of the endomyometrium in endometriosis and adenomyosis via openalex

[25] Symptoms and classification of uterine adenomyosis, including the place of hysteroscopy in diagnosis via openalex

[26] Terms, definitions and measurements to describe sonographic features of myometrium and uterine masses: a consensus opinion from the Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment (MUSA) group via openalex

[27] The elusive adenomyosis of the uterus—revisited via openalex

[28] The Role of Hysteroscopy in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adenomyosis via openalex

[29] The uterine junctional zone: a 3-dimensional ultrasound study of patients with endometriosis via openalex

[30] Three-Dimensional Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Adenomyosis: Histologic Correlation With Ultrasound Targeted Biopsies of the Uterus via openalex

[31] Transvaginal sonographic features of diffuse adenomyosis in 18–30‐year‐old nulligravid women without endometriosis: association with symptoms via openalex

[32] Ultrasound diagnosis of endometriosis and adenomyosis: State of the art via openalex

[33] Ultrasound scan and magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of adenomyosis: systematic review comparing test accuracy via openalex

[34] Uterine adenomyosis and infertility, review of reproductive outcome after in vitro fertilization and surgery via openalex

[35] W1982954443 via openalex

[36] W2515052691 via openalex

[37] W2790713581 via openalex

[38] W2104675861 via openalex

[39] W1967149590 via openalex

[40] W2114562605 via openalex

[41] W2991792334 via openalex

[42] W2156098321 via openalex

[43] W4294215472 via openalex