Objective: The aim of the study was to expand the understanding of pathogenesis of adenomyosis-associated pelvic pain.
Material And Methods: We studied 30 (n = 30) biopsy samples obtained after hysterectomy in women with diffuse adenomyosis of grade II-III, accompanied by severe pain syndrome, who did not receive hormonal therapy. The morphologic comparison group comprised 30 (n = 30) biopsy samples obtained from women with adenomyosis, without pain syndrome, operated on for abnormal uterine bleeding, who also did not receive hormone therapy.
Endometriosis is currently considered as one of the most common diseases associated with infertility. A controversial issue is whether endometriosis per se exerts a detrimental effect on IVF outcomes. Failure of implantation due to endometriosis-associated infertility is a contradictory and widely discussed burden nowadays.
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