See Also: Endometriosis interna(health)
endometriosis interna(medicine)
endometriosis(medicine)
Endometriosis(health)
endometriosis(encyclopedia)
Endometriosis uterina(health)
haematogenous theory of endometriosis(medicine)
implantation theory of the production of endometriosis(medicine)
lymphatic dissemination theory of endometriosis(medicine)
celomic metaplasia theory of endometriosis(medicine)

Endometriosis interna (health)


Also known as adenomyosis this is a common benign condition of the uterus in which the endometrium (the mucous membrane lining the inside of the uterus) grows into the myometrium (the uterine musculature located just outside the endometrium). The endometrium and myometrium under normal circumstances live adjacent to one another as discrete neighbors. In adenomyosis, the endometrium trespasses upon the myometrium. The myometrium may respond to this intrusion with muscular overgrowth.