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[Uterine leiomyomas: A prenatal diagnosis group study]
1II Kliniki Ginekologii Instytutu Ginekologii i Połoznictwa Akademii Medycznej w Łodzi.
Objective:
To evaluate uterine myomas among pregnant women underwent prenatal diagnosis procedures and to relate these findings to failures of AC, CVS or Triple Test.
Methods:
223 pregnancies were analyzed. There were 178 AC cases, 22 cases of transabdominal CVS and 23 cases of the false positive Triple Test result.
Results:
Uterine leiomyomas were detected in 12.5% of pregnancies. AC as well as CVS failures were described due to myomas. Myomas were detected in 13% of the false positive triple test result.
Conclusions:
The prevalence of leiomyomas among prenatal diagnosis group of women was 12.5%--more frequent, comparing to the epidemiological studies (0.1-3.9%). AC as well as CVS failures occurred due to myomas. Feto-placental unit flow failures in myoma cases are suspected reason of the false positive triple test results.