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Pelvic Pain Complicating LHRH Analogue Treatment of Fibroids
Author(s) -
Chipato Tsungai,
Healy David L.,
Vollenhoven Beverley,
Buckler Helen M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1991.tb02831.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pelvic pain , uterine fibroids , surgery
Summary: We present these 3 cases to alert others to the possibility of severe pain with rapid shrinkage of fibroids occurring during LHRH analogue treatment. We suggest management of such events should not be surgical except for vaginal excision of prolapsed fibroid Polyps.