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Adenomyosis

Última revisão: 4 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 13 Mar 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • dysmenorrhea
  • menorrhagia
  • enlarged, globular, tender uterus
  • dyspareunia
  • chronic pelvic pain
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • subfertility or adverse pregnancy outcomes
  • genitourinary or gastrointestinal pressure symptoms
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Fatores de risco

  • reproductive age group
  • gravidity and parity
  • early menarche
  • endometriosis
  • endometrial hyperplasia
  • uterine leiomyoma
  • black or Hispanic ethnicity
  • short menstrual cycle
  • spontaneous and induced abortion
  • past uterine surgery
  • use of tamoxifen
  • obesity
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • ultrasound (US)
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • MRI
  • histologic diagnosis following hysterectomy
  • hysterosalpingography (HSG)
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Novos exames

  • fertility-sparing biopsy techniques

Algoritmo de tratamento

CONTÍNUA

future fertility desired

future fertility not desired

Colaboradores

Autores

Gaby Moawad, MD, FACOG

Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Washington

DC

Founder

The Center for Endometriosis & Advanced Pelvic Surgery (CEAPS)

McLean

VA

Declarações

GM has received payment from Intuitive for speaking at conferences.

Youssef Youssef, MD, FACOG

Minimally Invasive Gynecology fellow

Maimonides Medical Center

Brooklyn

New York

NY

Declarações

YY declares that he has no competing interests.

Revisores

Elizabeth A. Stewart, MD

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Consultant

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Mayo Clinic

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Rochester

MN

Declarações

EAS has received grants for her institution from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/Patient-Centered Outcome Research and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health; has received consulting fees from AbbVie and Anylyn; holds a patent for Methods and Compounds for Treatment of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, which has no commercial activity; has received royalties from UpToDate; has received fees for developing educational content from the MED-IQ, Physicians' Education Resource, Omnia Education, Omnicuris, and WebMD; and serves as an unpaid advisor to The Fibroid Foundation and as unpaid treasurer of the International Gynecologic Society.

Meenu Priyadarshini Nanthakumar, MBBS, DNB(OG), MRCOG

ST6 Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Worcestershire

UK

Declarações

MPN declares that she has no competing interests.

Janesh Gupta, MSc, MD, FRCOG

Honorary Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital

Birmingham

UK

Declarações

JG declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

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Disclosures

Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.

Referências

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Principais artigos

Dason ES, Maxim M, Sanders A, et al; Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC). Guideline no. 437: diagnosis and management of adenomyosis. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2023 Jun;45(6):417-29.e1.Texto completo  Resumo

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Heavy menstrual bleeding: assessment and management. Mar 2018; updated May 2021 [internet publication].Texto completo

Munro MG, Critchley HOD, Fraser IS, et al. The two FIGO systems for normal and abnormal uterine bleeding symptoms and classification of causes of abnormal uterine bleeding in the reproductive years: 2018 revisions. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2018 Dec;143(3):393-408. Resumo

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Committee on Practice Bulletins - Gynecology. Practice bulletin no. 128: diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding in reproductive-aged women. Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Jul;120(1):197-206.Texto completo  Resumo

Artigos de referência

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  • Adenomyosis images
  • Diagnósticos diferenciais

    • Leiomyomas (fibroids)
    • Endometriosis
    • Endometrial hyperplasia
    Mais Diagnósticos diferenciais
  • Diretrizes

    • SOGC guideline no. 437: diagnosis and management of adenomyosis
    • ACOG practice bulletin no. 128: diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding in reproductive-aged women
    Mais Diretrizes
  • Folhetos informativos para os pacientes

    Painful periods

    Fertility problems: questions to ask your doctor

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