Study: MRI identifies submucosal fibroids that may migrate into endometrium

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 18, 2008

Small submucosal fibroids are more likely to migrate into the endometrial cavity after uterine artery embolization (UAE), according to a new study published this month in the American Journal of Roentgenology (May 2008, Vol. 190:5, pp. 1220-1226).

Forty-nine patients with 140 fibroids had an MRI exam before and after UAE; 39 of these fibroids were submucosal, according to Dr. Sachit Verma of the department of radiology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Of these 39, 33% moved to the endometrial cavity after UAE.

Verma and colleagues found that submucosal fibroids with an interface-dimension ratio (the ratio between the largest endometrial interface and the maximum dimension of the dominant submucosal fibroid) greater than 0.55 at the preprocedural MRI have a higher risk of becoming endocavitary following UAE.

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