Review Article

Innovative Oral Treatments of Uterine Leiomyoma

Table 2

Diagnosis of uterine leiomyoma.

(i) Pelvic examination: enlarged, irregular, firm, nontender uterus
(ii) Ultrasound: transvaginal ultrasound, hypoechoic, heterogenous masses
(iii) Saline sonohysterography: for submucous fibroids or polypi
(iv) MRI: best method for exact mapping, numbering of fibroids
(v) Hysteroscopy: diagnosis of submucous fibroids