One-time high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation of abdominal wall endometriosis with concurrent uterine fibroids or adenomyosis: two cases and literature review

摘要

Recently, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been widely used in the treatment of uterine fibroids ( , ) and endometriosis ( - ) as a non-invasive regime via a focused ultrasound wave, which increases the tissue temperature through coagulation necrosis. Moreover, HIFU has been proven to be effective and safe in the clinical follow-up of the ablation on abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE) ( - ). However, to date, little is known regarding the treatment of AWE accompanied by uterine fibroids and/or adenomyosis with HIFU.