WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2003: Re: -Post

Re: -Post - Rare Fibroids

From: Hector Nemirovsky M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:55:27 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Deb wrote: >
>After many years of abnormal menstrual bleeding and several attempts at
>curbing it through non-invasive treatment, it was finallly agreed upon
>that the only real solution to my problem was a hysterectomy. When I
>went to see my ob-gyn for a follow-up afterwards, he mentionned that
>upon biopsy, my fibroid was discovered to be a rare type, comprised
>almost completely of blood vessels. This was about 3 years ago, and I
>cannot recall what the name of this type of fibroid was...I just know
>that he said he hadn't seen one like it since med school. I tried to
>find info about the fibroid at the time, but could not locate any. I am
>now trying again to find some data about this, but without the proper
>name of the fibroid, I am unable to do so. Can anyone help me out with
>this please? Thanks.

Could it be an angioma?.

-- Hector Nemirovsky M.D. Fmr Head Obstetrics Division, Hospital Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina Fmr Assistant Professor in Obstetrics at Medical School, Buenos Aires University, Argentina Private Practice, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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