Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1994 Dec;11(2):405-410. 10.12701/yujm.1994.11.2.405.

A Case of Cystic Degeneration of Uterine Adenomyosis

Abstract

Adenomyosis is a common disease of middle-aged women and adenomyoma is a variety of adenomyosis that formed localized tumor. Cystic degeneration of an adenomyoma is a rare clinical manifestation. A 30-year-old parous woman suffered from severe dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia for about 5 months, was operated under the impression of endometriosis of the pelvis. Following the operation, cystic degeneration of an adenomyoma was found incidentally. The authors experienced a case of adenomyosis that formed cystic tumor of uterus and presented with a pertinent literatures.


MeSH Terms

Adenomyoma
Adenomyosis*
Adult
Dysmenorrhea
Endometriosis
Female
Humans
Menorrhagia
Pelvis
Uterus
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