A 36-year-old woman presented with a lump in her abdomen during her first pregnancy. She told clinicians she had noticed the lump before she became pregnant. She had no pain or other symptoms. The ...

Nearly 80 percent of women will develop uterine fibroids by age 50, yet many remain unaware of how these benign growths can impact their overall health. While often dismissed as a minor reproductive ...

Fibroids that distort the uterine cavity are typically managed surgically by resecting the myoma. Intramural fibroids can also be surgically managed (myomectomy, hysterectomy), or alternatively, ...

Surgical treatment options currently include hysteroscopic myomectomy, abdominal myomectomy, laparoscopic myomectomy, and endometrial ablation. Many women with fibroids can be treated with these ...

In November, actress Sharon Stone, 64, announced on Instagram that she had been diagnosed with a large uterine fibroid that had to be removed. She said that she had previously been "misdiagnosed and ...

A decidual cast is a large, intact piece of the uterus lining expelled from the body during menstruation. The collection of tissue, blood, and mucus retains the same shape as the uterus. Symptoms of a ...

After Zarreen Perpall felt easily winded and exhausted she went to the hospital where doctors learned she had blood clots in her heart and lungs. While they rushed her into surgery to remove the clots ...