HKCOG Guidelines Guidelines for the Management of Uterine Leiomyoma
ثبت نشده
چکیده
Valid population-based estimates of uterine leiomyoma prevalence are lacking. It is estimated that 20-40% of women of reproductive age have uterine leiomyoma and presentation occurs most commonly towards the end of the reproductive life. [3, 4] Leiomyoma may occur singly but more often are multiple. Pigmented races (i.e. African, Caribbean, Filipino etc.) are more likely to have this condition at a younger age. [5] Other risk factors include family history, low parity, subfertility and obesity. [6-8]
منابع مشابه
Uterine Leiomyoma and Reproductive Tract Infections Detected by Polymerase Chain Reaction
Background and Objective: For nearly a century, it has been suspected that reproductive tract infections play an etiologic role in uterine leiomyoma. However, no epidemiologic study of leiomyoma has used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to compare uterine tissues from cases and non-cases, and to investigate associations between uterine leiomyoma and infections detected by PC...
متن کاملUterine Leiomyoma: Hysterosalpingographic Appearances
Uterine leiomyoma is the most common benign tumor of genital tract. The etiology of myomas is unknown. Leiomyoma shows a broad spectrum of radiographic appearances depending on the number, size, and location of the tumor. The diagnostic method for uterine leiomyomas is based primarily on the clinical situation. Despite of the varied diagnostic options such as; transvaginal sonography, sonohyste...
متن کاملHave Guidelines Affected Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialists’ Diagnoses and the Prescription of Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media?
Introduction: The Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran, and similar institutions in many other countries, advises physicians to use current guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute otitis media (AOM). However, there has been no evaluation of the effectiveness of such guidelines or whether physicians in Iran adhere to them. Thus, as laryngologists are the most important g...
متن کاملPulmonary and retroperitoneal benign metastasizing leiomyoma
Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare disease, which usually occurs in women with a history of a prior hysterectomy or myomectomy for benign uterine leiomyoma, and has the potential to metastasize to distant sites, such as the lung, lymph nodes, muscular tissue, heart, or retroperitoneum. These lesions are slow-growing, asymptomatic, and usually found incidentally. The prognosis of BML...
متن کامل