1.A Case of Cystic Degeneration of Uterine Adenomyosis.
Yang Soo KWAK ; Sang Won LEE ; Ho Joon WHANGBO ; Doo Jin LEE ; Sung Ho LEE
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine 1994;11(2):405-410
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.
Adenomyoma
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Adenomyosis*
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Adult
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Dysmenorrhea
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Endometriosis
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Female
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Humans
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Menorrhagia
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Pelvis
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Uterus