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Fertility Center of Chicago
Gurnee & Crystal Lake, Illinois
Laparoscopic
images of uterine fibroids
Leiomyomas
- also referred to as myomas or fibroids - are benign (non-cancerous) tumors in
the muscle part of the uterus
More
about fibroid tumors of the uterus
Laparoscopy
photo album

Laparoscopic view of a
uterus with a pedunculated posterior myoma
A fibroid in this location should not affect chances for pregnancy or miscarriage
However, if it were pushing into the cavity of the uterus, it might cause problems
More on uterine problems
Submucous fibroid pushing
into endometrial cavity |
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Ultrasound image of uterus with submucous
fibroid
This patient needed in vitro fertilization for
infertility |
Same image with uterus circled in blue, fibroid in red,
endometrial cavity in green |
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Because she
wanted to have a baby and needed IVF, we wanted to have a normal uterus
before starting treatment
This fibroid was pushing into the uterine cavity - a location that would
likely cause
reproductive problems
Hysteroscopy was done with special cutting tools
to remove the tumor in order to normalize the anatomy
This image shows the inside of the uterine cavity before the fibroid was
resected
The tumor is the white tissue on the right side |
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