Adenomyosis is defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stoma invading the myometrium, along with different degrees of hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the smooth muscle fibers surrounding the lesion. The presence of ectopic endometrial gland and stroma in an ectopic location is similar to what is seen in patients diagnosed with endometriosis.

Difficult Case Review: TAP Block

Erin T. Carey, MD, MSCR

Dr. Carey is President of the AAGL Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Fellowship Program Director, Division Director and Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 

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