Adenomyosis and Coexisting Gynaecological Pathologies

Gynaecological cancers coexisting with pregnancy – a literature review

The coexistence of malignant tumour and pregnancy is a state of simultaneous occurrence of two completely contradictory philosophical and biological phenomena - the development of a new life and a life-threatening terminal illness. Finally, a physician - in fact the whole team of doctors - is facing the fight for two lives: of the mother and her unborn child. The incidence of malignant disease ...

Microfilaria in Cytological Smears at Rare Sites Coexisting with Unusual Pathologies - A Series of Eight Cases

Microfilaria infection is one of the major health problem in developing countries like India, especially in rural areas. In most of the cases microfilaria was an incidental finding in FNAC smears prepared from swellings from various locations in the body and also from fluid aspirate. Peripheral blood smear examination is usually done for the diagnosis. Here, we presented a series of eight cases...

7 Adenomyosis and reproduction

Evidence has been provided that pelvic endometriosis is significantly associated with uterine adenomyosis and that the latter constitutes the major factor of infertility in such conditions. Furthermore, it has become evident that both adenomyosis and endometriosis constitute a pathophysiological and nosological entity. Mild peritoneal endometriosis of the fertile woman and premenopausal adenomy...

Infertility and Adenomyosis

Classically, the diagnosis of adenomyosis has only been possible on a hysterectomy specimen, usually in women in their late fourth and fifth decades, and, therefore, evaluating any relationship with infertility was simply not possible. As a consequence, to this day, no epidemiologic data exists linking adenomyosis to a state of subfertility. Today, new imaging techniques have enabled a noninvas...

Gynaecological Therapeutics