A 36-year-old woman presented with a lump in her abdomen during her first pregnancy. She told clinicians she had noticed the lump before she became pregnant. She had no pain or other symptoms. The ...

A doctor has issued words of caution after a 44-pound tumor was removed from a woman's uterus in Italy. The tumor, known as a uterine fibroid, measured nearly 40 centimeters in size, according to a ...

After Zarreen Perpall felt easily winded and exhausted she went to the hospital where doctors learned she had blood clots in her heart and lungs. While they rushed her into surgery to remove the clots ...

Nearly 80 percent of women will develop uterine fibroids by age 50, yet many remain unaware of how these benign growths can impact their overall health. While often dismissed as a minor reproductive ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gynesonics®, a women’s healthcare company focused on the development of minimally invasive solutions for symptomatic uterine fibroids, announced the publication ...

Surgeons in Los Angeles expected to remove a massive 22-pound growth from a pregnant woman's abdomen. Instead, they uncovered a nearly full-term baby boy tucked behind the tumor, alive and waiting to ...

A decidual cast is a large, intact piece of the uterus lining expelled from the body during menstruation. The collection of tissue, blood, and mucus retains the same shape as the uterus. Symptoms of a ...

In new research from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), scientists have shown that bioengineered uteri supported fertilization, fetal development, and live birth with normal ...

Fibroids can lead to constipation when they become large or exert pressure on the colon or rectum. Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths that develop in the muscular wall of the uterus. They’re ...