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[Guest guest]

I found this information about fibroid size on the following website.

This website has some interesting information about UAE. It is for The

Fibroid Embolization Center at the NYUnited Hospital Medical Center (Dr.

Forcade).

http://www.fibroiduae.com/fibro5.htm#anchor66303

According to Obstetricians/Gynecologists, the estimation of fibroid size

(based on the model of the size of a uterus in pregnancy) goes like

this:

(1) 12 weeks - just up to the level of the pubic bone

(2) 16 weeks - 4 fingerbreadths above the pubic bone

(3) 18 weeks - 2 fingerbreadths below the navel

(4) 20 weeks - at the navel

(5) 24 weeks - 1 fingerbreadth above the navel

(6) 28 weeks - 3 fingerbreadths above the navel

There is one problem with this model, i.e., the top of a Fibroid Uterus

can be very irregular, whereas the top of a Pregnant Uterus is usually

smooth and uniform. Although it complicates this method of " sizing "

fibroids, it is still useful and the most comon way Gynecologists record

uterine size.

There are a number of other ways that Gynecologists use to describe

fibroid size - often using a comparison to commonly used items. The

following " Bestiary " of items might help visualization by translation

into actual measurement!

Average Sizes of Items

Pea 1 cm 3/8 "

Walnut 3 cm 1 3/16 "

Lemon (diameter) 5.5 cm 2 3/16 "

Apple/Pear 7.5 cm 3 "

Orange 9 cm 3 1/2 "

Grapefruit 11.5 cm 4 1/2 "

[Guest guest]

It's too bad that often doctors use an item that is much larger than

the fibroid to describe it, such as calling a 7 cm (baseball size)

fibroid as big as a softball. I think maybe it is to scare us into

surgery.

> I found this information about fibroid size on the following

website.

> This website has some interesting information about UAE. It is for

The

> Fibroid Embolization Center at the NYUnited Hospital Medical Center

(Dr.

> Forcade).

> http://www.fibroiduae.com/fibro5.htm#anchor66303

>

>

> According to Obstetricians/Gynecologists, the estimation of fibroid

size

> (based on the model of the size of a uterus in pregnancy) goes like

> this:

>

> (1) 12 weeks - just up to the level of the pubic

bone

>

> (2) 16 weeks - 4 fingerbreadths above the pubic

bone

> (3) 18 weeks - 2 fingerbreadths below the navel

> (4) 20 weeks - at the navel

> (5) 24 weeks - 1 fingerbreadth above the navel

> (6) 28 weeks - 3 fingerbreadths above the navel

>

> There is one problem with this model, i.e., the top of a Fibroid

Uterus

> can be very irregular, whereas the top of a Pregnant Uterus is

usually

> smooth and uniform. Although it complicates this method of " sizing "

> fibroids, it is still useful and the most comon way Gynecologists

record

> uterine size.

>

> There are a number of other ways that Gynecologists use to describe

> fibroid size - often using a comparison to commonly used items. The

> following " Bestiary " of items might help visualization by

translation

> into actual measurement!

>

> Average Sizes of Items

>

> Pea 1 cm 3/8 "

> Walnut 3 cm 1 3/16 "

> Lemon (diameter) 5.5 cm 2 3/16 "

> Apple/Pear 7.5 cm 3 "

> Orange 9 cm 3 1/2 "

> Grapefruit 11.5 cm 4 1/2 "