adenomyosis

(noun)

A condition characterized by the breaking through of the endometrium into the muscle wall of the uterus.

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Examples of adenomyosis in the following topics:

  • Hysterectomy

    • Severe and intractable endometriosis (growth of the uterine lining outside the uterine cavity) and/or adenomyosis (a form of endometriosis, where the uterine lining has grown into and sometimes through the uterine wall musculature), after pharmaceutical or other surgical options have been exhausted.

  • Uterus

    • The innermost layer of myometrium is known as the junctional zone, which becomes thickened in adenomyosis.