Table 3.
Imaging appearance of 233 recurrence of ovarian endometrioma according to the presence of adenomyosis.
| Subtype II (n = 112) |
Other types of adenomyosis
(n = 55) |
Non-adenomyosis (n = 66) | P- value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presence of posterior external lesion (n, %) | 100 (89.29) | 30 (54.44) | - | 0.021 |
| Size of the posterior external lesion (mm) | 38.87 ± 8.17 | 27.07 ± 4.46 | - | 0.016 |
| Presence of the anterior external lesion (n, %) | 12 (10.71) | 25(45.46) | - | 0.018 |
| Size of the anterior external lesion (mm) | 21.14 ± 5.53 | 18.89 ± 4.36 | - | 0.029 |
| JZ zone thickness, mm | 7.46 ± 4.83 | 12.25 ± 2.62 | 5.47 ± 1.21 | 0.022 |
| Myometrium thickness, mm | 15.77 ± 5.61 | 16.79 ± 5.94 | 14.82 ± 4.18 | 0.46 |
| Junctional zone/myometrium ratio | 0.46 ± 0.22 | 0.78 ± 0.35 | 0.37 ± 0.16 | <0.01 |
| Presence of leiomyomas (n, %) | 15 (13.39) | 8 (14.55) | 9 (13.64) | 0.77 |
| Uterine volume, cm3 | 257.37 ± 42.61 | 203.14 ± 33.52 | 100.85 ± 26.67 | <0.01 |
| Presence of endometrioma (n, %) | ||||
| Bilateral | 63 (56.25) | 28 (50.90) | 19 (28.79) | 0.22 |
| Unilateral | 49 (43.75) | 27 (49.10) | 47 (71.21) | 0.37 |
| Right | 20 | 17 | 20 | |
| Center | 29 | 20 | 27 | |
| Mean OMA size, cm | 4.97 ± 2.25 | 4.36 ± 2.38 | 4.46 ± 2.70 | 0.031 |
| Right | 4.49 ± 2.21 | 3.91 ± 2.81 | 4.71 ± 2.62 | 0.042 |
| Center | 5.01 ± 2.13 | 4.79 ± 2.34 | 4.22 ± 2.46 | 0.029 |
Data are presented as means ± the standard deviation and n (%) as appropriate. Kruskal–Wallis followed by post-hoc Dunn's test or ANOVA test; χ2-test or Fisher's exact test; p < 0.05.