PURPOSE To determine whether the severity of postprocedure pain associated with uterine artery embolization (UAE) for leiomyomata can be predicted and if its severity can predict outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-one patients underwent UAE and had postprocedure pain managed with use of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in the form of an intravenous morphine pump. Baseline uterine and dom...

The content of estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER, PR) is higher in fibroid tissue than in homologous myometrium, and both receptors seem to be regulated by the levels of circulating sex steroids. Myometrial and fibroid tissues were recovered from women undergoing gynecological operations during different phases of the menstrual cycle and during treatment with an analogue of GnRH (GnRHa). ...

Interventional radiologists have performed uterine artery embolization to treat women with emergency uterine bleeding since the 1970s. In this procedure, the physician guides a small angiographic catheter into the uterine arteries and injects a stream of tiny particles that decreases blood flow to the uterus. It is now considered a safe and highly effective nonsurgical treatment of women with s...

INTRODUCTION Inflammatory fibroid polyps are rare benign tumors of the gastrointestinal tract with the gastric antrum being the most common site, followed by the ileum. Histogenesis is still unknown and controversial. Inflammatory fibroid polyps are one of the rare benign conditions leading to intestinal obstruction in adults. CASE PRESENTATION A 54-year-old Caucasian man presented with acute...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a minimally invasive treatment option for symptomatic fibroids. Long-term follow-up studies have shown that at five-year follow-up after UAE, up to 30% of patients required a hysterectomy. Therefore, it seems of utmost importance to identify patients, who are unlikely to benefit from UAE. It has been postulated that the percentage ...

STUDY QUESTION Can biologically active vitamin D3 [1,25(OH)₂D3] regulate the expression and activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in human uterine fibroid cells? SUMMARY ANSWER 1,25(OH)₂D3 effectively reduced the expression and activities of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in cultured human uterine fibroid cells. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Uterine fibroids (leiomyoma) express higher levels of MMP activit...

Introduction: Inflammatory fibroid polyps are benign submucosal polyps of the gastrointestinal tract. They are found mainly in the stomach but also in the small bowel where they can cause small bowel obstruction and intussusception. The treatment is surgical resection of the polyp. Few cases have been reported in Crohn's disease patients. We describe two cases of newly-diagnosed ileal Crohn's d...

Inflammatory fibroid polyps are rare, benign pseudotumors of the gastrointestinal tract of unknown etiology, which may rarely present as bowel intussusception and obstruction. The authors describe the clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features of 2 patients with ileal inflammatory fibroid polyps presenting as small bowel intussusception.

A 38-year-old African American woman presenting with acute abdominal pain and nonobstructive renal failure was found to have an enlarged fibroid uterus. A differential for sepsis was considered. Lab evaluation revealed an elevated creatinine and myoglobin level at 3.9 mg/dL and 2140 ng/mL, respectively. Ongoing hemodynamic instability mandated surgery for acute abdomen. A 25 cm fibroid uterus w...

The importance of recognizing chronic interstitial pneumonia or pulmonary fibrosis has increased of late because some forms are occupational in origin and may give rise to claims for compensation. Special medical schemes have been set up under the Workmen's Compensation Acts to deal with the compensation of Workmen in certain industries. Fibrosis of the lung may be classified as (a) pure fibros...