{{about||the village in Myanmar |Myoma, Mingin|first national high school in Rangoon, Burma|Basic Education High School No. 2 Dagon}} {{Infobox medical condition (new) | name = Myoma | synonyms = | image = Uterine fibroids.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Uterine fibroids | pronounce = | field = Oncology | symptoms = | complications = | onset = | duration = | types = | causes = | risks = | diagnosis = | differential = | prevention = | treatment = | medication = | prognosis = | frequency = | deaths = }} A '''myoma''' is a type of tumor that involves muscle cells.<ref name=Zie1883>{{cite book |last1=Ziegler |first1=Ernst |title=A Text-book of pathological anatomy and pathogenesis pt. 1, 1883 |date=1883 |publisher=William Wood & Company |page=210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FrBmsSqbKmoC&dq=myoma+rhabdomyoma+leiomyoma&pg=PA210 |language=en}}</ref> There are two main types of myoma: * Leiomyomas which occur in smooth muscle.<ref name=Zie1883/> They most commonly occur as uterine fibroids, but may also form in other locations. * Rhabdomyomas which occur in striated muscle.<ref name=Zie1883/><ref name=MSH2020>{{cite web |title=MeSH Browser |url=https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D009214 |website=meshb.nlm.nih.gov |accessdate=9 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=Raj2014>{{cite book |last1=Rajendran |first1=Arya |last2=Sivapathasundharam |first2=B. |title=Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology |date=2014 |publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences |isbn=978-81-312-3800-4 |page=193 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WnhtAwAAQBAJ&dq=myoma+rhabdomyoma+leiomyoma+smooth+muscle+striated+muscle&pg=PA193 |language=en}}</ref> They are rare tumors. So-called adult rhabdomyoma has been diagnosed mostly in men aged >40 years, whereas fetal rhabdomyoma occurs between birth and early childhood (<3 years). <ref name="MedscapeRhabdomyomas">{{cite web | last = D'Silva | first = Karl J | title = Rhabdomyomas: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology | website = Medscape | date = May 9, 2022 | url = https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/281592-overview | access-date = February 4, 2025}}</ref> They very rarely become malignant.<ref name="MedscapeRhabdomyomasDiagnosis">{{cite web | last = D'Silva | first = Karl J | title = Rhabdomyomas: Diagnosis and Workup | website = Medscape | date = May 9, 2022 | url = https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/281592-overview#a5 | access-date = February 4, 2025}}</ref>
Whether or not angiomyomas are a type of leiomyoma or a separate entity is disputed as of 2014.<ref name=Raj2014/>
Myomas are benign tumors of the uterus that can affect the fertility of a woman depending mainly on three factors:
# Size (cut off value 4-5 cm) # Number # Location (they can be intramural, subserous or submucous). Submucous ones are worst from a fertility point of view, while subserous are less dangerous.
Some of the most common symptoms are: abundant menstrual bleeding, longer menstrual periods, pelvic pressure, constipation, a need to urinate continuously. ==References== {{Reflist}}
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