Introduction to the three major types of uterine fibroids

When it comes to uterine fibroids, I believe everyone must be familiar with it, especially some middle-aged female friends, because these friends are at a high risk of uterine fibroids. So how much do you know about uterine fibroids?

1. Uterine fibroids start from the myometrium. If the fibroids are always located in the myometrium, they are called intramural fibroids or stromal fibroids, which are the most common. Intramural fibroids are usually multiple, with an uncertain number, usually with one or more large, sometimes a large number of small tumor nodules, distributed throughout the uterine wall, fused in irregular masses, forming multiple uterine fibroids. Multiple uterine fibroids are the most common and easiest to treat type of uterine fibroids.

2. The cervix or deep fornix is ​​involved during the development process, which can be easily confused with primary cervical fibroids. Intramural fibroids have better blood circulation, and generally the tumor base rarely degenerates. They can cause serious deformation of the uterine body and affect uterine contraction. As the uterine volume increases and the endometrial area increases, it often causes menorrhagia, excessive menstruation, and prolonged menstrual duration. During the growth and development process, fibroids tend to develop in the direction of less resistance. When the uterine cavity protrudes, its surface is only covered with a layer of endometrium, which is called submucosal uterine fibroids.

3. If the fibroid develops toward the abdominal cavity, it can only be connected to the uterus by one pedicle, becoming a pedunculated subserous uterine fibroid. The blood vessels contained in the pedicle are the only blood circulation for the fibroid. If the pedicle is twisted, the pedicle may become necrotic, and the fibroid will fall off in the abdominal cavity, adhere to the greater omentum, mesentery and other adjacent organs and tissues, obtain blood nutrition, and become a parasitic fibroid or a free fibroid. This type of uterine fibroid turns or blocks the greater omentum blood vessels, forming abdominal symptoms such as ascites.

The growth location of uterine fibroids is closely related to the uterine wall. Because uterine fibroids are a chronic tumor, many people can easily find it in the early stages of the disease. This requires everyone to pay more attention to changes in their body details in daily life, and seek timely treatment once discovered.