Successful use of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery to relieve symptoms in a patient with symptomatic focal adenomyosis.

Objective: To report a successful treatment of symptomatic adenomyosis using magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS).

Design: Case study.

Setting: General hospital.

Patient(s): A 47-year-old premenopausal woman with focal symptomatic adenomyosis.

Intervention(s): MRgFUS.

Main Outcome Measure(s): Score on the Uterine Fibroids Symptoms Quality of Life (UFS-QOL) questionnaire and the degree of menstrual pain.

Result(s): Uterine Fibroids Symptoms reduced from 53 to 28 and the degree of menstrual pain reduced from 10 to 5.

Conclusion(s): For adenomyosis patients who wish to preserve their uterus, MRgFUS may be a promising alternative to hysterectomy. Additional studies of the safety and efficacy of MRgFUS in this indication should be conducted.