Non-specificity of symptoms related to adenomyosis. A prospective comparative survey.
A total of 212 patients coming for removal of the uterus due to a benign condition were interviewed by the first author before operation. Of these patients 28 had adenomyosis, while 157 had neither adenomyosis nor external endometriosis; these two groups were compared with respect to duration of menstrual bleeding, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, urinary symptoms and sacral and lower abdominal pain. There were no inter-group differences in the frequencies of these symptoms. It is concluded that although patients with adenomyosis have many symptoms, none specific to adenomyosis can be found.
D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*