"Did you know you have fibroids?" That was the first thing I heard when I went for my first ultrasound after finding out I was pregnant. I held my breath, waiting for the bad news to follow ...

Extensive calcification involving all of the fibroid is very rare. Cystic degeneration is a type of fibroid degeneration that most often occurs after menopause. Fibroids undergoing cystic degeneration ...

Ultrasound of the breast is used predominately to differentiate cysts from solid masses. Cystic lesions are overwhelmingly benign in nature. Ultrasound has been found to be extremely accurate in ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

Many ovarian cysts will go away on their own, often with the next month's menstrual cycle. You can have the cyst monitored with an ultrasound scan to see if it has gone away. Oral contraceptives may ...