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Patterns of growth of uterine leiomyomas during pregnancy. A prospective longitudinal study
Author(s) -
AHARONI ARIEL,
REITER ALEXANDER,
GOLAN DAVID,
PALTIELY YOAV,
SHARF MORDECHAI
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb12807.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , prospective cohort study , obstetrics , ultrasound , longitudinal study , gynecology , uterine fibroids , leiomyoma , radiology , surgery , biology , pathology , genetics
Summary. In a prospective study 32 leiomyomas (fibroids) in 29 pregnant women were examined with ultrasound every 3–8 weeks. Each patient had hetween 3 and 6 scans (mean 4.4) during the course of pregnancy, and 13 patients had a final scan at 6 weeks postpartum. An individual growth curve was established for each tumour and the patterns of growth were analysed. No increase in size during the pregnancy was observed in 25 fibroids (78%). Only 7 (22%) increased in size but by no more than 25% of the initial volume. At 4 weeks postpartum the size of the fibroids did not differ significantly from the size during pregnancy.