The association of serum CA-125 level and severity of dysmenorrhea with lesion depth in adenomyosis / 대한산부인과학회잡지
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
; : 2380-2383, 2004.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-70296
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the association of level of CA-125 and severity of dysmenorrhea with lesion depth in adenomyosis.METHODS:
Sixty-eight women who had undergone hysterectomy and were found to have pure adenomyosis on histopathologic examination were reviewed retrospectively. Specimens were stratified according to the degree of adenomyosis penetration into 4 groups group A consisted of specimens with adenomyosis penetration into myometrium of up to 25%; group B, 26-50%; group C, 51-75%, and group D, >75%. All women were submitted to serum determination of CA-125. Severity of dysmenorrhea was assessed by means of a modification of 10-point verbal rating scale.RESULTS:
Each group was not correlated with severity of dysmenorrhea (p=0.7394 Fisher's exact test). The means of serum CA-125 levels was increased corresponding to depth of adenomyosis (p=0.0441 ANOVA test).CONCLUSION:
In this study, serum CA-125 level is associated with the depth lesion and severity of dysmenorrhea is not. Therefore, the level of serum CA-125 might be useful indicator in management of adenomyosis before surgery.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Retrospective Studies
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Dysmenorrhea
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Adenomyosis
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Hysterectomy
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Myometrium
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Year:
2004
Document type:
Article