Updates on Adenomyosis: evolution of epidemiological data, diagnosis and treatment in recent years

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v12i7.42804

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Adenomyosis; Diagnosis; Treatment; Epidemiology.

Abstract

Adenomyosis is a benign gynecological condition, characterized by the presence of stroma and endometrial glands in the myometrium, and can be characterized in subtypes, such as focal, diffuse, deep and superficial. The etiopathogenesis is still not fully elucidated, but the two most accepted theories involve invagination of the basal layer of the endometrium into the myometrium and de novo metaplasia of the Mullerian ducts. The diagnosis, which was formerly histopathological, after performing a hysterectomy, can now be made by imaging tests, with transvaginal ultrasound being the first-line test. The evolution of the diagnosis represented a watershed for the classification of this pathogenesis, due to the better characterization of the epidemiological data, the possibility of a better detailing of the clinical picture and the opportunity to more accurately identify these women in earlier stages of life, which meant that the treatment is now individualized, according to the wishes, especially in relation to fertility, of women. Thus, the objective of this study is to analyze what is most recent in the medical scenario about adenomyosis, aiming to provide better care for patients who have this disease.

Author Biographies

João Vitor Dias Vasconcelos, Faculdade de Medicina de Itajubá

Acadêmico de Medicina.

Márcio José Rosa Requeijo, Faculdade de Medicina de Itajubá

Possui graduação em Medicina pela Faculdade de Medicina de Itajubá (1995). Residência em ginecologia e obstetrícia na PUCCAMP ( 1996 a 1998). De 2003 a 2009 foi colaborador do departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo no qual atuou como professor para o quarto ano do curso de medicina na disciplina de obstetrícia. Mestrado em obstetrícia pela Faculdade de medicina da universidade de São Paulo - FMUSP( 2003). Doutorado em obstetrícia pela Faculdade de medicina da universidade de São Paulo - FMUSP. (2009). Titulo de especialista em GO pela FEBRASGO. Titulo de especialista em ultrassonografia em ginecologia e obstetrícia pelo CBR/AMB/FEBRASGO. Titulo de especialista em ultrassonografia geral pela AMB / colegio brasileiro de Radiologia e diagnóstico por imagem. Titulo de especialista em medicina fetal pela FEBRASGO/AMB. Tem experiência na área de Medicina, com ênfase em ginecologia e obstetrícia, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Ultrassonografia geral, ultrassonografia em GO e Medicina fetal, com ênfase em Defeitos da Face e Defeitos do Tubo Neural. MBA em Gestão de organizações Hospitalares e Sistemas de Saúde pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV (2009). Ex- professor substituto no departamento de obstetrícia da UFMG em 2011/2012. Ex- professor de ginecologia e obstetrícia da Faculdade da Saúde e Ecologia Humana, FASEH, Vespasiano, MG ( 2014). Médico responsável pela clínica ULTRAMAX - BH- MG. Atualmente professor do departamento de ginecologia e obstetrícia da Faculdade de Medicina de Itajubá ( 2014 - atual) e chefe do setor de medicina fetal do hospital das clinicas de Itajubá ( MG ). Representante regional da SOGIMIG na cidade de Itajubá-MG.

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03/08/2023

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VENEROSO, A. A. .; VASCONCELOS, J. V. D. .; REQUEIJO, M. J. R. . Updates on Adenomyosis: evolution of epidemiological data, diagnosis and treatment in recent years. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 7, p. e20012742804, 2023. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v12i7.42804. Disponível em: https://www.rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/42804. Acesso em: 15 may. 2024.

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