Table 3.

Summary of case reports of venous thromboembolism in association with adenomyosis

Authors	Type of thrombosis	Details
Nishioka et al.[6]	Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis	Case report of a patient who developed cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in association with adenomyosis. No recurrence of thrombosis following surgical resection of adenomyosis during 2-year follow-up period
Matsushima et al.[7]	Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis	Case report of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in a patient taking COCP for dysmenorrhea due to adenomyosis. GnRH agonist therapy was administered over 2.5 years, with no recurrence of thrombosis
Akira et al.[8]	DVT	Case report of a patient who developed DVT in the left leg in association with adenomyosis. GnRH agonist has been taken as a daily nasal preparation, with no further recurrence of DVT over a 2-year period
Jang et al.[3]	DVT	Case report of a patient with DVT in association with adenomyosis
Son et al.[9]	Renal	Case report of a patient with adenomyosis who developed DIC during menstruation, resulting in acute kidney injury. She required temporary renal replacement therapy until DIC resolved with cessation of menstruation
Yoo et al.[10]	Renal	Case report of acute renal failure induced by DIC in a patient with adenomyosis and menorrhagia
Soeda et al.[11]	Cardiac	Case report of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis in association with adenomyosis
Kim et al.[2]	Cardiac, with emboli to brain	Case report of multiple cerebral embolic infarcts in patient with adenomyosis and nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis
Yamashiro et al.[4]	Brain	Case reports of four patients who developed cerebral infarcts with adenomyosis. Two patients also had systemic emboli in the fingers and kidneys

COCP: Combined oral contraceptive pill, GnRH: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone, DIC: Disseminated intravascular coagulation, DVT: Deep vein thrombosis