Clinical practice. Uterine fibroids.
review · Level V
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Abstract
A 47-year-old black woman has heavy menstrual bleeding and iron-deficiency anemia.She reports nocturia and urinary frequency. A colonoscopy is negative. Ultrasonography shows a modestly enlarged uterus with three uterine fibroids. She is not planning to become pregnant. How should this case be evaluated and managed?
Medical subject headings
- Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
- Hysterectomy
- Leiomyoma
- Uterine Artery Embolization
- Uterine Myomectomy
- Uterine Neoplasms