title: Adenomyosis in the adolescent population: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This report presents a rare cause of dysmenorrhea in the adolescent female and the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with T2 weighted sequence in the identification of adenomyosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two adolescents who presented with persistent pelvic pain in the absence of outflow tract obstruction or biopsy confirmed endometriosis had MRI-findings consistent with adenomyosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the adolescent female presenting with persistent dysmenorrhea, a diagnosis of adenomyosis is rare but should remain a possibility as one considers the differential diagnosis.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors: S Paul
authors: SP
authors: Itam
authors: Leslie
authors: L
authors: Ayensu-Coker
authors: Judith
authors: J
authors: Sanchez
authors: Robert K
authors: RK
authors: Zurawin
authors: Jennifer E
authors: JE
authors: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology