Sarcomas and the conservative management of uterine fibroids: a cause for concern?
| Autor: | Hugh Torode, Richard W. Dover, Alan Ferrier |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Conservative management Uterine fibroids Delayed diagnosis Risk Assessment Diagnosis Differential Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone medicine Humans Intensive care medicine Ultrasonography Uterine sarcoma Leiomyoma business.industry Potential risk Biopsy Needle Angiography Obstetrics and Gynecology Sarcoma General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Surgery Uterine Neoplasms Tissue diagnosis Female business Risk assessment |
| Zdroj: | The AustralianNew Zealand journal of obstetricsgynaecology. 40(3) |
| ISSN: | 0004-8666 |
| Popis: | The introduction of conservative management options has further increased the choices available to clinicians treating women with symptomatic uterine fibroids. However, in the absence of a tissue diagnosis, the possibility of mismanaging an underlying uterine sarcoma is still present, placing these patients at potential risk of a delayed diagnosis of this serious pathology. Evidence suggests that 1 in 250-400 women presenting with what are thought to be symptomatic fibroids, will in fact have an underlying sarcoma, making this an important clinical issue. This paper therefore reviews the methods currently available for the assessment of women in whom conservative management of symptomatic fibroids is contemplated. |
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