Leiomyomas

Leiomyomas
Leiomyoma’s, also called myomas, or uterine fibroid these are benign tumor, which develop from smooth muscle cell in the myometrium. Leiomymas also called fibromyomas, or myomas, uterine fibroids have an increased risk of uterine cancer and does not develop into cancer. The 70% to 80% of women have uterine fibroids sometime during their lives, and it remain small and asymptomatic. It is common among women ages 30 to 50 years but not common in women with menopause. (Huether & McCance, 2012)
The cause is unknown, the size of the tumor appears to be hormonal estrogen and progesterone, and these two hormones stimulate the development of the uterine lining during each menstrual cycle in preparation for pregnancy and promote rapid growth of fibroids and decreases after pregnancy. The risk factors, a woman of reproductive age, heredity if your mother or sister had fibroids, there is increased risk of also developing them. Race black and Asian women are more likely to have fibroids than women of other racial groups. (Huether & McCance, 2012). Leiomyomas is diagnosed by doing bimanual examination, pelvic sonography, and MRI (Huether & McCance, 2012). The goal of treatment is to shrink the myoma using contraceptives, levonorgestrel-intrauterine system, laser ablation and
This happens most often late in their forties and childbearing years after having children and women taking tamoxifen. (Huether & McCance, 2012) The cause of adenomyosis remains unknown and disappears after menopause. Adenomyosis is asymptomatic and associated with abnormal menstrual bleeding, dysmenorrhea, uterine enlargement and uterine tenderness during menstruation. The risk factors for adenomyosis are prior uterine surgery, such as C-section and fibroid removal during childbirth (Mayo Clinic,