Four effective methods for detecting uterine fibroids

Once female friends have symptoms of uterine fibroids, they should go to a regular hospital to check for uterine fibroids in time so as to confirm the condition of uterine fibroids as soon as possible. What are the common methods for checking uterine fibroids ? The following will tell you about the common methods for checking uterine fibroids.

Generally, the common methods for checking uterine fibroids are:

1. Detection of the uterine cavity

Use a probe to measure the uterine cavity. Intramural fibroids or submucosal fibroids often enlarge and deform the uterine cavity. Therefore, a uterine probe can be used to detect the size and direction of the uterine cavity. Comparing it with the findings of a double-competent clinic can help determine the nature of the mass, and at the same time understand whether there is a mass in the cavity and its location. However, it must be noted that the uterine cavity is often tortuous, or blocked by submucosal fibroids, so that the probe cannot be fully probed, or if it is a subserosal fibroid, the uterine cavity often does not enlarge, but instead causes misdiagnosis. This is a common method for examining uterine fibroids.

2. Ultrasound examination

It is a commonly used method for checking uterine fibroids. It can identify fibroids with an accuracy rate of up to 93.1%. It can show that the uterus is enlarged and irregular in shape; the number, location, size of fibroids, whether the fibroids are uniform or liquefied cystic, etc.; and whether there is compression of other organs around. Due to the dense cells per unit volume of tumor cells in the fibroid nodules, the content of the connective tissue scaffold structure and the different arrangements of tumors and cells, the fibroid nodules show three basic changes during scanning: weak echo, equal echo and strong echo. The weak echo type has high cell density, high elastic fiber content, mainly nested cell arrangement, and relatively rich blood vessels. The strong echo type has a high collagen fiber content, and tumor cells are mainly arranged in bundles. The equal echo type is between the two. Posterior wall fibroids are sometimes unclear. The harder the fibroid, the heavier the attenuation performance, and the benign attenuation is more obvious than the malignant. When the fibroid degenerates, the acoustic penetration is enhanced. When the fibroid becomes malignant, the necrotic area increases and the echo inside is disordered. Therefore, B-ultrasound examination is helpful in diagnosing fibroids, providing a reference for distinguishing whether the fibroids are degenerating or becoming malignant, and it is also helpful in distinguishing ovarian tumors or other pelvic masses.

3. Diagnostic curettage

Small submucosal fibroids or dysfunctional uterine bleeding, endometrial polyps are not easy to detect with bimanual examination, and curettage can be used to assist in the examination of uterine fibroids. In the case of submucosal fibroids, the curette feels a convex surface in the uterine cavity, which rises high at first and then slides down, or feels something sliding in the uterine cavity. However, curettage can scrape the tumor surface and cause bleeding, infection, necrosis, and even sepsis. Strict aseptic operation should be performed, the movement should be gentle, and the scrapings should be sent for pathological examination. If submucosal fibroids are suspected but the diagnosis and curettage are still unclear, hysterography can be used. This is also a common method for examining uterine fibroids.

4. Hysterosalpingography

This method of examining uterine fibroids can not only show the number and size of submucosal fibroids, but also locate them. Therefore, it is very helpful for the early diagnosis of submucosal fibroids, and the method is simple. Contrast photography of the fibroids shows that there is filling and incompleteness in the uterine cavity.

The above is an introduction to the common methods of checking uterine fibroids. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. Once you have uterine fibroids, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease.