Backgrounds: Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during childbearing years. Also called leiomyomas (lie-o-my-O-muhs) or myomas, uterine fibroids aren’t associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer and almost never develop into cancer.
Aim: The study’s objective is to measure the endometrial thickness of those patients
having menorrhagia and to identify which type of uterine fibroids is most common in
Peshawar KPK and also measure the size of fibroid and the most common symptoms
among the patients having uterine fibroids. Also, to identify the number of fibroids
and uterine wall position
Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted in
Northwest General hospital Peshawar during May to November. Data was collected
through a performa and analyzed by SPSS version 22.
Results: Over the course of a 6-month period, a cross sectional study was carried out
at Northwest General Hospital, where 169 patients in total were scheduled for
sonographic examinations. In the present study the highest percentage of fibroid was
intramural (59/169) (34.9%) and the lowest percentage of uterine fibroid was
subserosal (12/169) (7.1%). Also, most of the fibroids were present in the posterior
wall (61) (36.1%) followed by fibroids in the anterior uterine position (55) (32.5%).
The average endometrial thickness of all fibroid types is 8mm and heavy menstrual
bleeding was the most common symptom the patients. Solitary fibroids were mostly
present.
Conclusion: According to our study the most common type of fibroids is
intramural and the average endometrial thickness in 8mm in all types of
fibroids. In addition, most of the fibroids is one in number and present in
most of the posterior uterine wall. Patients have the common symptoms
of heavy menstrual bleeding
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