I have fibroids in my uterus that are causing heavy periods leaving me severely anemic as a result. I'm sad knowing I won't ...

She says she was told "'that's just how periods can be' and 'come back when you want to get pregnant'" when she tried to get ...

it may take more time to locate ovarian cysts or uterine fibroids than it would to confirm a pregnancy. Images from the ultrasound are available in real-time, but will need to be interpreted by a ...

Medically reviewed by Monique Rainford, MD Submucosal uterine fibroids are benign tumors (not cancer) that grow in the uterus ...

The cause of fibroids is not known. Most fibroids occur in women of reproductive age. The hormones estrogen and progesterone appear to play a role in their growth. Ultrasound. To confirm diagnosis and ...

Further study is necessary to determine the safety of uterine artery embolization and magnetic resonance-focused ultrasound surgery in patients with fibroids desiring future fertility. The precise ...

Kullervo Hynynen and colleagues have refined an image-guided technique known as MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), which is presently used to thermally ablate uterine fibroids by means of ...