New cases of accessory and cavitated uterine masses (ACUM): A significant cause of severe dysmenorrhea and recurrent pelvic pain in young women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 683-694

  Acin, P ^a,b   Bataller, A ^a   Fernndez, F ^a   Acin, M I ^a,b   Rodrguez, J M ^a   Mayol, M J ^a  

^a University Hospital of San Juan   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

ACUMs; cystic adenomyosis; juvenile cystic adenomyoma; Mllerian anomalies; uterus like mass

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADENOMYOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HEMATOMETRA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENSTRUATION; MYOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS HORN;

EID: 84857215801     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der471     Document Type: Article

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