MRgFUS treatment of uterine fibroid in a nulliparous woman with acute retention of urine.

MRgFUS treatment of uterine fibroid in a nulliparous woman with acute retention of urine DOI: https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v6i2.809Keywords: MRgFUS, Fibroid, Acute bladder retention, NulliparousAbstract Uterine fibroids are the most common tumors of the female reproductive tract. Although most fibroids are asymptomatic, about 25% are associated with symptoms that can have a significant impact on patient's quality of life, including prolonged or excessive menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain or bulkiness, dyspareunia, increased urinary frequency, and infertility. Various treatment options available for symptomatic uterine fibroids include hysterectomy, myomectomy (abdominal or laparoscopic), uterine artery embolization, MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS), and hormonal therapy, which also is sometimes used as adjuvant to other therapies. MRgFUS is a non-invasive treatment approach for symptomatic uterine fibroids. The following case report demonstrates successful treatment of a fibroid that is hyper-intense on T2WIs by MRgFUS with immediate alleviation of pressure symptoms on the urinary bladder.Downloads Published 2012-02-14 Issue Section Obstetric & Gynecologic Radiology License The publisher holds the copyright to the published articles and contents. However, the articles in this journal are open-access articles distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 License, which permits reproduction and distribution, provided the original work is properly cited. The publisher and author have the right to use the text, images and other multimedia contents from the submitted work for further usage in affiliated programs. Commercial use and derivative works are not permitted, unless explicitly allowed by the publisher.