Re: uterine fibroids and mullerian anomalies

[Guest guest]

Janet

Not sure what mullerian anomalies is. But, I can tell you I had

a 10 cm fibroid with symtoms of gushing, hemmoraging, and some bulk

symtoms. I had an embolization back in January and am doing great.

It was the best thing I could have done. If you qualify as a

candidate, I would highly recommend this procedure. I am doing

great!! I would also encourage you to join the yahoo embo group.

This is a group who are going through the decision process, asking

wo many questions, and have been through the procedure. Good luck!

Jen

-- In uterinefibroids , Janet Pike

wrote:

> It is because of my uterine anomaly that my choice of treatment is a bit more

involved and a great deal more confusing to both myself and my doctors. So

far, I have been unable to connect with anyone who has a Mullerian

Anomaly and has been successfully treated for fibroids without

resorting to hysterectomy. My choices seem to be uterine fibroid

embellization or myomectomy (sp?). If anyone out there has any

experience with this particular situation, I would really appreciate

a response to my inquiry.

[Guest guest]

Mullerian anomolies are malformations of the uterus. They are fairly

rare and can be treated surgically in some cases depending on the

structural defect.

This article describes them in detail and if you scroll down towards

the end there are photos and diagrams showing different types of

defects:

Uterus, Mullerian Duct Abnormalities

Author: Ibrahim Syed, MD, Lecturer, Department of Radiology, Section

of MRI, University of Michigan Medical Center

http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic738.htm

I also found a couple links to some radiology sites referring to

uterine fibroids and mullerian anomolies. I didn't have time to

search for more right now but if you want more just search on these

words in Google: " mullerian fibroid "

Septate versus bicornuate uteri: errors in imaging diagnosis

KL Reuter, DC Daly and SM Cohen

Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center,

Worcester 01655.

http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/172/3/749

CASE: MR - Extremely Rare Uterine Anomaly

(Wake Radiology)

http://www.wakerad.com/cases/case9.html

--Ann

> Not sure what mullerian anomalies is.