BACKGROUND At least 20% of all women and 40% of women over the age of 40 years have uterine leiomyomas. They distort the overlying endometrium and can become extruded or pedunculated (fibroid polyp) in the endometrial canal. The diagnosis of myomas is usually based upon the finding of an enlarged, mobile uterus with an irregular contour on bimanual examination or an incidental finding on transa...

BACKGROUND To retrospectively compare the treatment success, therapeutic efficacy, and adverse effects of magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MRgHIFU) treatment for uterine fibroid patients with and without abdominal scars. METHODS Seventy-six women who underwent treatment were divided into group 1 (patients with abdominal scars, which were covered with scar patches t...

Uterine fibroids are smooth muscle tumors originating from myometrium of females between 30-50 years age. The presence does not lead to mortality, but it may be the cause serious morbidity as well greatly affect quality life affected females. Leiomyomas most significant pathological condition child-bearing age group globally, still options for treatment limited. Homoeopathy addresses this probl...

Objectives: Fibroid non-enhancement is considered a relative contraindication to uterine artery embolization (UAE) for symptomatic fibroids. The purpose was to assess the impact of UAE on non-enhancing fibroids and to determine imaging predictors of fibroid shrinkage. Materials and methods: Retrospective review of all women who underwent UAE for symptomatic fibroids (5/09-7/14) and had follow-u...

METHOD(S) : This was a prospective, non-comparative study. Twenty patients who had menorrhagia due to non-malignant causes were included in the study (age range 20-42 years). However patients of fibroid uterus with uterine size more than 12 weeks and those with submucous fibroid were excluded. A LNG-releasing-intrauterine system was inserted on any day during bleeding or within a week of cessat...

Spontaneous venous rupture overlying a uterine fibroid is a rare cause of hemoperitoneum. A 38-yearold woman presented to the emergency department with acute onset of abdominal pain. The ultrasound revealed multiple fibroids and free fluid in the peritoneum. There was a significant drop of the hemoglobin and hematocrit. The patient underwent emergent exploratory laparoscopy. A subserosal uterin...

Fibroid is the commonest benign neoplasm of the uterus in females, composed of smooth muscle with variable amount of fibrous connective tissue, hence named as leiomyoma or fibromyoma. It is the commonest of all pelvic tumours in females, excluding pregnancy; being more common in nulliparous. It can be intra uterine / extra uterine. Extrauterine fibroids though do occur, but are not as common as...

Uterine fibroids, the most common benign tumor in women of childbearing age, may cause symptoms including pelvic pain, menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, pressure, urinary symptoms, and infertility. Various approaches are available to treat symptomatic uterine fibroids. Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) represents a recently introduced noninvasive safe and effective techniqu...

Uterine leiomyomas/fibroids are the most common pelvic tumors of the female genital tract. The initiators remaining unknown, estrogens and progesterone are considered as promoters of fibroid growth. Fibroids are monoclonal tumors showing 40-50% karyo-typically detectable chromosomal abnormalities. Cytogenetic aberrations involving chromosomes 6, 7, 12 and 14 constitute the major chromosome abno...

Uterine fibroids (also known as leiomyomas or myomas) are the most common form of benign uterine tumors. Clinical presentations include abnormal bleeding, pelvic masses, pelvic pain, infertility, bulk symptoms and obstetric complications.Almost a third of women with leiomyomas will request treatment due to symptoms. Current management strategies mainly involve surgical interventions, but the ch...