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fibroid

Benign (noncancerous) growth developing in the wall of the uterus. It may give no trouble or it may grow to be enormous, causing pain and excessively heavy periods. Treatment is by surgical removal of the fibroid itself (myomectomy) or of the uterus (hysterectomy). Fibroids occur in about 30% of women over the age of 30.

A new type of treatment was introduced in the 1990s, called uterine fibroid embolization, in which the uterine artery is blocked to prevent blood reaching the fibroids. Without their blood supply, the fibroids shrivel, leaving the uterus otherwise unaffected as the uterine artery is not the sole blood supply. This minimally invasive technique, performed under local rather than general anaesthetic, makes a hysterectomy unnecessary.
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