Uterine Fibroids and Adenomyosis: Imaging and Treatment

Abstract

Uterine fibroids, or leiomyomas or myomas, are benign tumors that arise from the smooth muscle of the uterus. Fibroids affect most women, up to 80% of black women, and nearly 70% of white women in the United States by the age of 50 years,1 and the incidence of fibroids increases with age up to menopause.2