"increasing incidence with age: 10x more common between 41-60 years of age compared to 21-30 years of age, reaching a peak at 50-60 years 17,18"
"FIGO classification system for uterine fibroids 9"
"Venetian blind artifact may be seen, but edge shadowing +/- dense posterior shadowing from calcification is also typically seen 14"
Expected headings
"Subtypes"
"Signal characteristics"
"Complications"
"subserosal leiomyoma: projecting outwards from the uterus; may be pedunculated and predominantly extrauterine; may simulate an adnexal mass 8"
"subserosal leiomyoma: projecting outwards from the uterus; may be pedunculated and predominantly extrauterine; may simulate an adnexal mass 8"
"submucosal leiomyoma: least common; projects into the uterine cavity 8"
"focal adenomyosis: less well-defined; colour Doppler demonstrates tortuous vessels through the abnormality; no calcifications 4,14"
"focal adenomyosis: less well-defined; colour Doppler demonstrates tortuous vessels through the abnormality; no calcifications 4,14"
"Signal characteristics are variable and change if degeneration, haemorrhage or calcification are present 1,2,9,23:"
"There are various medical, surgical, and interventional treatment options 8,26:"