| Adenomyosis (ad-en-oh-MY-oh-sis) is a disease that is said to be closly related to endometriosis. In Endometriosis the cells that normally line the inside of the uterus and are shed during menstruation, become implanted and grow outside of the uterus. You can commonly find endometriosis growing around the ovaries, fallopian tubes, pelvic area and many other places in the abdomen. In Adenomyosis the enometriosis cells invade the uterine muscular wall or myometrium. Adenomyosis, commenly referred to as "endometriosis interna" or "endometriosis of the uterus" can cause many patients to have severe pain, prolonged or excessive menstrual periods and an enlarged uterus. Adenomyosis may also be found in women who have allready been diagnosed with endometriosis. |
