Given the morbidity associated with hysterectomy, less-invasive options for treating symptomatic uterine fibroids are appealing ... magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided focused ultrasound ...

Imaging tests. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans. Treatment will depend on the number, size, and location of the fibroids, the symptoms they are causing, and the ...

Saline infusion sonography, hysteroscopy and MRI are the preferred imaging methods for the diagnosis and characterization of uterine fibroids. Most medical therapies for fibroids impede conception ...

The researchers conducted MRI scans of the patients ... the most common diagnosis was uterine fibroids – something that, while benign, can still cause complications during pregnancy, and ...

An ultrasound and MRI give conclusive results on the location and size of the fibroids (Photo: Courtesy) Fibroids are noncancerous, abnormal growths that develop in or on a woman’s uterus during ...