The migrating adenomyoma: past views on the etiology of adenomyosis and endometriosis

Hudelist, Gernot; Keckstein, Joerg; Wright, Jeremy T.

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.086

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Volume 92, Issue 5 , Pages 1536-1543, November 2009

The migrating adenomyoma: past views on the etiology of adenomyosis and endometriosis

Gernot Hudelist, M.D.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Villach Medical Center, Villach, Austria
- Centre of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain, St. Peters Hospital, Chertsey, United Kingdom
- Postgraduate Medical School, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
Joerg Keckstein, M.D.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Villach Medical Center, Villach, Austria
- APL, Vienna, Austria
Jeremy T. Wright, F.R.C.O.G.
- Centre of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain, St. Peters Hospital, Chertsey, United Kingdom
- Postgraduate Medical School, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
- Reprint requests: Jeremy T. Wright, F.R.C.O.G., Centre of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain, Woking Nuffield Hospital, Shores Road, Woking Surrey GU21 4BY, United Kingdom (FAX: 44-1483-724833).

Received 14 April 2008; received in revised form 13 August 2008; accepted 14 August 2008. published online 31 October 2008.

This article discusses the history surrounding the debate on the etiopathology of endometriosis, specifically deep infiltrating endometriosis, and traces the controversies in its management that are as pertinent today as they were when the disease was first described in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.