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  2. Uterine fibroid - Wikipedia

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    Uterine fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyomas, fibromyoma or fibroids, are benign smooth muscle tumors of the uterus, part of the female reproductive system. [1] Most people [ note 1 ] with fibroids have no symptoms while others may have painful or heavy periods . [ 1 ]

  3. Leiomyoma - Wikipedia

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    Leiomyoma enucleated from a uterus. External surface on left; cut surface on right. Micrograph of a small, well-circumscribed colonic leiomyoma arising from the muscularis mucosae and showing fascicles of spindle cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm and elongated, cigar-shaped nuclei Immunohistochemistry for β-catenin in uterine leiomyoma, which is negative as there is only staining of cytoplasm ...

  4. Myoma - Wikipedia

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    They most commonly occur as uterine fibroids, but may also form in other locations. Rhabdomyomas which occur in striated muscle. [1] [2] [3] They are rare tumors, occur in childhood and often become malignant. [citation needed] Whether or not angiomyomas are a type of leiomyoma or a separate entity is disputed as of 2014. [3]

  5. Female genital disease - Wikipedia

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    Uterine fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyomas, are solid growths of noncancerous smooth muscle cells that are located on the uterus. There is no cause, but risk factors such as family history, reproductive issues, hormones, and viruses are associated with fibroid growth.

  6. Hysterectomy - Wikipedia

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    Uterine fibroids may be removed and the uterus reconstructed in a procedure called "myomectomy". A myomectomy may be performed through an open incision, laparoscopically, or through the vagina (hysteroscopy). [55] Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a minimally invasive procedure for treatment of uterine fibroids. Under local anesthesia a ...

  7. Woman has uterine fibroids removed that equaled the size of a ...

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    Erica Chidi, co-founder and CEO of Loom, a women's health education platform, is making her private health journey -- a six-year battle with uterine fibroids -- public, she said, in hopes of ...

  8. Fibroid - Wikipedia

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    Fibroid may refer to: Uterine fibroid or fibroid, a benign growth in the uterus composed of: Leiomyoma, a benign smooth muscle tumor that very rarely becomes cancer (0.1%) Fibroma or fibroid, a tumor of fibrous connective tissue usually found on the skin; Inflammatory fibroid polyp, in the colon

  9. Genital leiomyoma - Wikipedia

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    By the age of 50, the incidence of uterine fibroids was >80% in African-American with-uterus persons and >70% of Caucasian with-uterus persons. [18] Recurrence of uterine leiomyomas 4–5 years after removal occurs up to 59% of the time for with-uterus persons of African origin. [19]