Treatment varies with fibroid location and size ... While there is a general consensus on the treatment of submucosal fibroids, the management of intramural fibroids in the infertility patient ...

Submucosal fibroids, which develop under the uterine lining and protrude into the uterine cavity, cause the most significant fertility challenges. Even small growths in this location can prevent ...

They can occur in the uterus’ outer layer (subserosal fibroids) internal layer (submucosal fibroids), within the uterine smooth muscle (intramural fibroids), and on stalks from the outer and ...

Figures 4 and 5 demonstrate the ultrasonographic appearance of one submucosal fibroid both before and after embolization. During a 4-month period, the fibroid shrank from 2.4 cm to 0.5 cm.