and Paula Briggs2 (1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia (2) Sexual and Reproductive Health, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital, Southport, UK Learning about gynaecology and obstetrics…
Fig. 17.1 (a) Transvaginal longitudinal ultrasonographic uterine scan with submucous myoma located in posterior uterine wall. (b) Preoperative transvaginal ultrasonographic scan showing fundal and corporal myomas The common advice is…
Fig. 3.1 A typical uterine leiomyoma, composed by bundles of spindle cells, similar to those present in the myometrial wall: only the whirling and irregular arrangement of the cellular bundles…
Fig. 14.1 Emmet’s enucleator which can be used to dissect around the fibroid (Taken from Ref. [3]) Fig. 14.2 Emmet’s écraseur chain which is placed around a fibroid polyp to…
Fig. 16.1 Ultrasonographic scan of myomas during pregnancy: (a) a subserous myoma of 2 cm in a pregnant at 5 weeks of pregnancy, with the eco Doppler enhancing peripheral myoma…
Fig. 7.1 Uterine adenomyosis: breakdown according to type (total 68 patients) Group A. Diffuse adenomyosis (Fig. 7.2) Fig. 7.2 Laparoscopic image of diffuse posterior adenomyosis mean age: 44.4 years (range…
Fig. 8.1 transvaginal ultrasound of a T-shaped uterus in the sagittal plane (a), the transversal plane (b) and the coronal plane (c) The image volumes can be examined in different…
Fig. 5.1 Treatment options for uterine fibroids A recent study showed that the median serum AMH levels and median AFC per ovary were significantly lowered after Uterine Arterial Embolization (UAE)…
Fig. 4.1 Uterine sonography showing, on the left, an intramural fibroid and, on the right, a pedunculated fibroid Risk Factors Although selection bias may limit current epidemiologic studies, a number…
Fig. 6.1 Uterine section showing an intramural fibroid in uterine body Fig. 6.2 A giant fibroid of 24 cm of diameter: (a) an angio-CT reconstruction of the fibroid peripheral vascularization,…
