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Uterine fibroids (leiomyomata, singular leiomyoma) are the most common neoplasm in females, and may affect about 25 % of white and 50% of black women during the reproductive years. Fibroids may be removed simply by means of a hysterectomy, but much more favourably by a myomectomy or by uterine artery embolization, which preserve the uterus. Pathology and histology Uterine Fibroids Leiomyomas grossly appear as round, well circumscribed (but not encapsulated), solid nodules that are ...
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Resources
- Alternatives to Hysterectomy: New Technologies, More Options (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Common Uterine Conditions: Options for Treatment (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Dilation and Curettage D&C - ACOG Publication #AP062 (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)
- Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (National Institutes of Health, OPHS, HHS)
- Enfermedades comunes del útero: Opciones para su tratamiento (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Fibroid Embolization (Fibroid Treatment Collective)
- Fibroids (Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS)
- Fibroids (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Fibromas Uterinos (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse, NICHD, NIH, HHS)
- Frequently Asked Questions - Uterine Fibroids (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Hysteroscopy - ACOG Publication #AP084 (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)
- Pelvic Pain - ACOG Publication #AP099 (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)
- Preguntas frecuentes - Histerectomía (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Preguntas Frecuentes acerca de los Fibromas Uterinos (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Uterine Artery Embolization: An alternative to surgery for patients with uterine fibroids (Division of Vascular Interventional Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center)
- Uterine Fibroid Embolization (Society of Interventional Radiology)
- Uterine Fibroid Embolization: A New Way to Treat Fibroids (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Uterine Fibroid Symptoms and Diagnosis (Society of Interventional Radiology)
- Uterine Fibroids (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Uterine Fibroids - ACOG Publication #AP074 (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)
- Uterine Fibroids Treatment Options (Society of Interventional Radiology)
- When You Have Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (American Academy of Family Physicians)
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