Adenomyosis
Endometrial-type tissue within the muscular wall of the uterus. Often coexists with endometriosis and is frequently missed.
Adenomyosis causes heavy, painful periods and a uterus that is often tender and enlarged. It commonly occurs alongside endometriosis, which is one reason a patient can have excision surgery and still have pain afterwards if the adenomyosis was never addressed.
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How we diagnose it
A careful, unhurried history usually reaches a clinical diagnosis without a diagnostic operation. We map your symptoms against everywhere the disease is known to hide, and we review any imaging or operative reports you already have.
How we treat it
Treatment depends on what we find and what you want from it. Where surgery is right, we excise disease at full depth rather than burning its surface. Where it isn't, we'll say so — and we'd rather tell you that than operate.
Questions patients ask us
- What's the difference between adenomyosis and endometriosis?
- Can you have both at once?
- Is a hysterectomy the only treatment?
- Why did my endometriosis surgery not fix my pain?
Bring these to a consult. Sixty minutes is long enough to answer all of them properly.Request a consult →