Clinical practice. Uterine fibroids
Stewart, E.A.
New England Journal of Medicine 372(17): 1646-1655
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-4793 PMID: 25901428 DOI: 10.1056/nejmcp1411029Document Number: 626922
A 47-year-old black woman has heavy menstrual bleeding and iron-deficiency anemia.She reports nocturia and urinary frequency. A colonoscopy is negative. Ultrasonography shows a modestly enlarged uterus with three uterine fibroids. She is not planning to become pregnant. How should this case be evaluated and managed?
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