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Information about uterine fibroids
Minimally Invasive Therapy Unit & Endoscopy Training Centre
University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
Hampstead
London NW3 2QG, UK |
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Symptoms
While not all women have symptoms, typical complaints associated
with fibroids include:
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Heavy
periods
Irregular vaginal bleeding
Pelvic pain
Pelvic mass
Pressure symptoms
Subfertility |
Briefly,
treatment is indicated if the fibroids are thought
to be responsible for troublesome symptoms, or if they
become large. If there are no symptoms or if the fibroids
are small, there is no need for treatment. Although
fibroids can become cancerous, the chance is so small
that they are not routinely removed just because they
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MEDICAL NOTES
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Fibroid
degeneration
Fibroids
can undergo various types of degeneration (e.g. calcification,
cystic degeneration, mucinous change, red degeneration).
Such degeneration is often asymptomatic, but can be
associated with pain.
The
vast majority of fibroids are benign. In rare cases,
fibroids can become malignant (leiomyosarcoma). |
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