The Investigation and Management of Adenomyosis in Women Who Wish to Improve or Preserve Fertility

Table 1

Prevalence of adenomyosis after hysterectomy specimens for various gynaecological conditions (from retrospective cohort studies).

Study	Vercellini et al.; 1995 [1]	Vavilis et al.; 1997 [2]	Seidman and Kjerulff1996 [3]	Parazzini et al.; 1997 [4]	Bergholt et al.; 2001 [5]
Number of cases ()	1334	594	1252	707	549
Adenomyosis (%)	25	20	12–58	21	10–18
Uterine fibroid	23	21		15
Genital prolapse	26	26		30
Ovarian cyst	21	18		30
Cervical cancer	19	18		25
Endometrial cancer	28	16
Ovarian cancer	28	21