Background: Fibroids are the commonest benign gynaecological tumors affecting only females and laparoscopic myomectomy is the modern management because of its various advantages, especially among women who still desire retention of their fertility. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective review of 31 infertile patients who had laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) from January 2010 to December 20...

Background: Leiomyoma are benign smooth muscle neoplasm’s that typically originate from the myometrium. The main objective was to evaluate the outcome of conservative surgical approach for submucous fibroid uterus is using prostaglandin preoperatively and gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRh) in preoperative phase. Methods: Thirty eight patients who had hysteroscopic myomectomy with a resectosc...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the association between uterine fibroids and adverse obstetric outcomes. METHODS This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of 112,403 deliveries from 14 provinces and 39 different hospitals in 2011 in mainland China. We compared pregnancy outcomes in women with and without uterine fibroids who underwent detailed second trimester obstetric ultrasonography during 18 t...

CASE HISTORY A 35-year-old woman (gravida 3, para 0030) presented with complaints of abdominal discomfort and distension, dysmenorrhea, and menorrhagia. Physical examination revealed a pelvic mass comparable to 38 weeks’ gestation, thought to consist of uterine fibroids. The tumors displaced the anatomic position of the cervix, making it impossible to obtain an endometrial biopsy sample. Comput...

The incidence of uterine fibroid tumors increases as women grow older, and they may occur in more than 30 percent of women 40 to 60 years of age. Risk factors include nulliparity, obesity, family history, black race, and hypertension. Many tumors are asymptomatic and may be diagnosed incidentally. Although a causal relationship has not been established, fibroid tumors are associated with menorr...

A 43-year-old woman presented with severe anaemia secondary to menorrhagia. Pelvic ultrasound showed a large intramural posterior fundal fibroid. Hysteroscopy showed the fibroid distorting the endometrial cavity, precluding Mirena® device insertion. As she was initially hesitant to have a hysterectomy, medical management with the oral contraceptive pill (OCP) and tranexamic acid was instituted,...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of endometrial polyps in patients with uterine fibroids and associated factors of coexistence of these two pathologies. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of 772 patients who underwent hysterectomy because of uterine fibroids were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into two groups according to the presence of...

Inflammatory fibroid polyps (Vanek's tumor) are rare benign localized lesions originating in the submucosa of the gastrointestinal tract. Intussusceptions due to inflammatory fibroid polyps are uncommon; moreover, ileo-ileal intussusception with small bowel necrosis and perforation has rarely been reported. We report a 56-year-old woman who was admitted two days after complaints of nausea and v...

Background. Chinese medicine (CM) has been used to relieve symptoms relevant to uterine fibroids. Objective. This study investigated the association between the use of CM and the incidence of uterine surgery in women with uterine fibroids. Subjects and Methods. This retrospective cohort study extracted records for 16,690 subjects diagnosed with a uterine fibroid between 2000 and 2003 from the N...

Fibroids are the most common benign tumors of the uterus during female reproductive age. Uterine artery embolization (UAE) using embolic particles (PVA, Gelfoam) to occlude the uterine arteries, have been reported as a relatively safe, effective, and durable nonsurgical alternative to hysterectomy in diminishing fibroid-related symptoms. To block the arterial blood supply to the fibroid complet...