Uterine fibroids are most common benign uterine neoplasm occurring in 20-30% of reproductive age. Generally, the sonographic appearance leiomyomas is characteristic; however, they can undergo various kind degenerations that dramatically change their and make diagnosis quite challenging. We hereby describe a case report 31-year-old women who presented with menorrhagia dysmenorrhoea her imaging a...

This study was conducted at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and Family Health Hospital, Accra, Ghana, between April 2000 and January 2001 to compare the efficacy and safety of myomectomy done at caesarean section with the application of a tourniquet with caesarean section without myomectomy. Twenty four patients were recruited into the study. Average haemoglobin of patients both pre and post-operati...

It is case series trying to save uterus in situation where one site of it severely injured or severe uncontrollable bleeding the uterine arteries either during control massive hemorrhage associated with friable tissues adhesion, some cases placenta accrete spectrum, rupture and caesarean section myomectomy.

Objective To report a diagnosis of hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) syndrome following initial presentation with multiple cutaneous lesions. Design Case report. Design classification N/A. Setting Academic tertiary care center. Patients 27-year-old nulligravid woman who presented with multiple red-brown lesions on her skin found to have cutaneous and uterine leiomy...

OBJECTIVE To determine if 3 months of preoperative gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) treatment decreases postoperative uterine adhesions after open abdominal surgery for the removal of uterine fibroids. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, clinical study. SETTING A tertiary care medical center. PATIENT(S) Women of reproductive age with symptomatic uterine fibroids not amenable to...

BACKGROUND Uterine myoma is the most common benign gynecologic tumor in reproductive-aged women. During myomectomy for women who want to preserve fertility, it is advisable to detect and remove all myomas to decrease the risk of additional surgery. However, finding myomas during surgery is often challenging, especially for deep-seated myomas. Therefore, three-dimensional (3D) preoperative local...

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumours in reproductive system. They proliferations of smooth muscle cells myometrium containing a large quantity extracellular matrix and they surrounded by pseudo capsule compressed areolar tissue cells. can cause various symptoms such as menorrhage, pain infertility therefore be traumatic experience for several women. The treatment choice is myomec...

The authors have investigated a rare clinical condition consisting of a benign metastatic leiomyoma (BML) spreading in the lung, in a young woman. A 42-year-old woman affected by multiple pulmonary nodules histologically diagnosed as metastases from uterine sarcoma (one of them has been resected in the past and a pathologic diagnosis of uterine leyomiosarcoma was done) in concomitance with uter...

Uterine myomas are the most common benign growths affecting female reproductive system, occurring in 20-40% of women, whereas the incidence rate in pregnancy is estimated from 0.1 to 3.9%. The lower incidence in pregnancy is due to the association with infertility and low pregnancy rates and implantation rates after in vitro fertilization treatment. Uterine myomas, usually, are asymptomatic dur...

BACKGROUND Uterine leiomyoma is remarkably common, however only a subset of women have their fibroids clinically detected, symptomatic, or warrant surgical treatment. Its removal is commonly associated with complications. To prevent or control the occurrence of this complication requires the understanding of the factors associated with the complications. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the sociodemogra...