FIBROID TUMOR OR MYOMATA

MYOMATOUS OR FIBROID TUMORS OF THE UTERUS -

• are benign tumors arising from the muscle tissue of the uterus
• develop slowly between the ages of 25 and 40

SIGN AND SYMPTOMS:

• small tumor causes no symptoms
  
• most common symptom is excessive and prolonged menstruation
  
• symptoms due to pressure on surrounding organs-pain, backache, constipation and urinary symptom
• tumors may sometimes cause sterility
• after myomas grow- it is a palpable mass

Diagnostic Procedure: ultra sound



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Surgical Terms:

• myomectomy ( removal of tumor) if tumors are small only
  
• hysterectomy (removal of uterus) -if large tumors producing - pressure symptoms to the surrounding organ
• hysteromyomectomy (removal of uterus and the tumors)- if tumors producing excessive bleeding