Patient's question:
My wife is a very patient person and she really dislikes going to the hospital. However, this month her menstrual flow is unusually heavy, and I'm a bit worried. When we took her to the hospital for a check-up, they found a uterine fibroid. Could you please tell me what is the approximate incidence rate of uterine fibroid sarcomatous transformation?Doctor's answer:
The incidence of uterine fibroids in women of childbearing age is approximately 20%-25%, making them the most common benign tumor in the female reproductive system. The rate of fibroid degeneration accounts for about 0.4-0.8% of all uterine fibroids. When fibroids grow too quickly, become too large, or compress the blood vessels supplying them, it can lead to insufficient blood supply and ischemia. The fibroids may then lose their original typical structure and undergo degeneration. This is closely related to the blood supply characteristics of fibroids.