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. 2021 Jul 7;22(14):7297. doi: 10.3390/ijms22147297

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Phenotypic description of endometriosis and adenomyosis. Three well-recognized phenotypes occur in endometriosis: superficial peritoneal lesion (SUP), ovarian endometriomas (OMA) and deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). In specific cases, the invasion of endometrial tissue towards the uterus leads to the establishment of adenomyosis, a specific entity that differ from endometriosis and present different forms: diffuse adenomyosis and focal adenomyosis of the outer myometrium (FAOM).