Pregnancy is associated with reduced progression of symptomatic adenomyosis: a retrospective pilot study

Daiki Hiratsuka, Erika Omura, Chihiro Ishizawa, Rei Iida, Yamato Fukui, Takehiro Hiraoka, Shun Akaeda, Mitsunori Matsuo, Miyuki Harada, Osamu Wada‐Hiraike, Osamu Wada-Hiraike, Yutaka Osuga, Yasushi Hirota
BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023 · vol. 23(1) , pp. 634 · doi:10.1186/s12884-023-05956-0 · PMID:37667168 · W4386410329
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Abstract Background Adenomyosis is a common gynecological disease in women of reproductive age and causes various symptoms such as dysmenorrhea and heavy menstrual bleeding. However, the influence of pregnancy on the progression of adenomyosis remains unclear. The insight into whether the size of adenomyosis is increased, decreased, or unchanged during pregnancy is also undetermined. The current study aimed to evaluate the influence of pregnancy in patients with symptomatic adenomyosis. Methods This study retrospectively enrolled patients diagnosed with adenomyosis by magnetic resonance imaging between 2015 and 2022 at The University of Tokyo Hospital. Uterine size changes were evaluated by two imaging examinations. In the pregnancy group, the patients did not receive any hormonal and surgical treatments, except cesarean section, but experienced pregnancy and delivery between the first and second imaging examinations. In the control group (nonpregnancy group), the patients experienced neither hormonal and surgical treatments nor pregnancy from at least 1 year before the first imaging to the second imaging. The enlargement rate of the uterine size per year (percentage) was calculated by the uterine volume changes (cm 3 ) divided by the interval (years) between two imaging examinations. The enlargement rate of the uterine size per year was compared between the pregnancy group and the control group. Results Thirteen and 11 patients with symptomatic adenomyosis were included in the pregnancy group and in the control group, respectively. The pregnancy group had a lower enlargement rate per year than the control group (mean ± SE: −7.4% ± 3.6% vs. 48.0% ± 18.5%, P < 0.001), indicating that the size of the uterus with adenomyosis did not change in the pregnancy group. Conclusions Pregnancy is associated with reduced progression of symptomatic adenomyosis.

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Adenomyosis Adenomyosis Adenomyosis Adenomyosis Adenomyosis Adenomyosis Adenomyosis Adenomyosis Adenomyosis Adenomyosis Cesarean Section Cesarean Section Cesarean Section Cesarean Section Cesarean Section Cesarean Section Cesarean Section Cesarean Section Cesarean Section Female

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