Conclusion: In this study of female participants in a nonclinical setting, Black or African American and Asian-Chinese participants were disproportionately affected by uterine fibroids. Hispanic or Latina participants had similar fibroid burden to White participants.
Short-term outcomes of uterine artery embolization for urgent or emergent abnormal uterine bleeding - PubMed
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Discussion: The current data demonstrate that UAE is both safe and effective in the management of urgent and emergent AUB. Its use reduced the amount of blood products transfused and need for any additional hemostatic interventions. Larger, comparative studies are needed to elucidate its exact place in the management algorithm for these...
Targeting homologous recombination deficiency in uterine leiomyosarcoma
Source : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10157936/
Genevieve Dall,# 1, 2 Cassandra J. Vandenberg, # 1, 2 Ksenija Nesic, 1, 2 Gayanie Ratnayake, 3 Wenying Zhu, 4 Joseph H. A. Vissers, 4 Justin Bedő, 1, 5 Jocelyn...
Discussion: There is a paucity of effective therapies currently available for individuals with uLMS, a rare gynaecological cancer. In this study we show that a national approach for screening for HRD in uLMS identified 5/58 (9%) cases to have HRD, helping to transform the lives of those individuals with HRD uLMS, as responses to...
Racial Disparities in Uterine Fibroid Treatment Among Veterans Using VA Health Care
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Conclusion: We identified significant Black–White disparities in receipt of treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids. Additional research that centers the experiences of Black veterans with uterine fibroids is needed to inform strategies to eliminate racial disparities in uterine fibroid care.
Cystic Degeneration of Uterine Leiomyoma Misdiagnosed as Ovarian Malignancy: A Case Report
Source : https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=124559
Background: Massive cystic degeneration of the uterine myoma might mimic an ovarian tumor, especially a malignant ovarian tumor, causing misdiagnosis. We present a case of a woman with marked cystic...
Conclusion: Uterine leiomyoma is the common gynecologic benign néoplasm of reproductive-age women. It’s cystic degenerative making diagnosis difficult. Clinicians should bear in mind that pedunculated uterine leiomyomas can mimic an ovarian tumor, and it can be associated with an increased preoperative serum CA-125 level whenever there is...