The relationship between structure and function of uterine junctional zone and endometriosis disease

VernacularTitle:子宫结合带的结构和功能与子宫内膜异位性疾病的关系
Author: Jie GENG ¹ ; Xianchao KONG
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1. 150000,哈尔滨医科大学附属第二医院妇产科
Keywords: Endometrium/PA/PP; Endometriosis/PA/PP; Review
From: Journal of Chinese Physician 2018;20(8):1273-1275
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Uterine junctional zone (JZ) was first described by Hricak et al in 1983,which is a low signal-intensity zone between myometrium and endometrium on T2-weighted MR images.Subsequent studies confirmed that JZ is located in the innermost layer of the myometrium.It has been confirmed that JZ dysfunction is strongly associated with uterine fibroids、adenomyosis、endometriosis,etc.In recent years,researchers have focused their attention on the ultrastructure of JZ,tring to find out the structural basis that caused the abnormality of JZ.This review focuses on the physiological characteristics and ultrastructure of normal and endometriosis disease uterus JZ.