Journal of Reproduction & Infertility

Journal of Reproduction & Infertility

Incidence and growth of uterine myoma after ovulation induction on 1100 infertile women in shahid Akbarabadi Hospital and Royan Institute

Authors
Mahnaz Ashrafi 1
Masoumeh Sadeghi 2
Zohreh Montazeri 2
Shahram Tavajjohi 3
1 Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran; Infertility team of Royan Research Center, Tehran, Iran
2 Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Epidemiology and Reproductive Health Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and growth rate of uterine myomas in users of ovulation induction drugs. Eleven hundred in fertile women who had undagone at least 5 cycles of ovulation induction, refering to Royan Institute and Akbarabadi Hospital were selected on the basis of easy access selection method. To study presence or absence of uterine myoma, all the patients were subjected to sonograply before ovulation induction The sonography was repeated after at least 5 cycles of ovulation induction and was compared with the initial sonography. Of the 1100 patients, 54 had myoma and of the 1046 myoma–free patients, 71 (6.8%) developed myoma later and of the 54 with initial myoma, 40 (%74) showed increased growth of their myoma. This study is a beginning for studies on the effect of ovulation induction on the growth rate of uterine myomas and may be a comparison basis for the incidenee and growth rate of myomas in an age matched control group of women.
Keywords
Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Infertility
ovulation induction
Uterine myoma
Journal of Reproduction & Infertility
Volume 1, Issue 4
Autumn 2000
Pages 11-19