How adenomyosis changes throughout pregnancy: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study how adenomyosis changes during pregnancy and to possibly correlate these changes to maternal and fetal outcomes.

Methods

Retrospective exploratory cohort study including 254 women with a pre-conceptional/first-trimester scan to document adenomyosis and known obstetric outcome. If visible, adenomyosis signs were documented in each trimester and postpartum. Mann-Whitney U tests or χ² tests were used for continuous and categorical variables, respectively.

Results

A globular uterus was reported in 79% (n = 52) of women with adenomyosis in the first trimester, in 38% (n = 20) and 2% (n = 1) of women in the second and third trimesters, respectively, and postpartum in 77% (n = 34) of women. Asymmetrical thickening (n = 20, 30%) and cysts (n = 15

SUBMITTER: Bertucci E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087478 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature