Correlations between Extent and Spread of Adenomyosis and Clinical Symptoms

Sammour A, Aref Sammour, Pirwany I, Imran Pirwany, Alp Usubutün, Alp Usubutun, Jocelyne Arseneau, Arseneau J, Togas Tulandi, Tulandi T
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation · 2002 · vol. 54(4) , pp. 213–216 · doi:10.1159/000068385 · PMID:12592064 · W2092728488
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Adenomyosis foci and hemosiderin deposition increased with deeper myometrial penetration, but clinical symptoms only correlated with the spread of adenomyosis, not its depth.

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OBJECTIVE: To correlate the histopathology of adenomyosis particularly the depth and spread of adenomyosis and symptomatology. STUDY DESIGN: Medical records of 94 patients who had undergone a hysterectomy and who were found to have adenomyosis on histopathologic examination were reviewed and histopathologic slides were reexamined. The symptoms were correlated with the presence of adenomyosis, the depth of penetration, and the spread of adenomyosis foci. RESULTS: Specimens were stratified according to the degree of adenomyosis penetration into 4 groups: group A consisted of specimens with adenomyosis penetration into the myometrium of up to 25%; group B, 26-50%; group C, 51-75%, and group D, >75%. There was a significant correlation between the depth of penetration and the number of adenomyosis foci (r = 0.3446; p = 0.0001). Hemosiderin deposition was found mainly in the specimens with penetration of >75%. The symptoms did not correlate with the degree of penetration (r = 0.088; p NS). However, the spread of adenomyosis correlated significantly with pelvic pain (r = 0.80, p = 0.02), and with dysmenorrhea (r = 0.81, p = 0.01), but not with menorrhagia or dyspareunia. CONCLUSIONS: Hemosiderin deposition and adenomyosis foci are found predominantly in specimens with deep adenomyosis penetration. It suggests that the deeper the penetration, the more extensive the adenomyosis. Symptoms of adenomyosis do not correlate with the depth of penetration, but there is a correlation between the spread of adenomyosis and pelvic pain, and dysmenorrhea.

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dysmenorrheadyspareuniaendometriosischronic_pelvic_painadenomyosis

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Endometriosis Endometriosis Adult Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea Dyspareunia Dyspareunia Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Hysterectomy Menorrhagia Menorrhagia Middle Aged Pelvic Pain Pelvic Pain

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