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Focused ultrasound surgery of intramural leiomyomas may facilitate fertility: a case report.

Hanstede MM, Tempany CM, Stewart EA

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

OBJECTIVE: To describe a successful pregnancy after a change in configuration of the endometrial cavity after magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) for leiomyomas. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT: A 40-year-old woman with known leiomyomas and a history of secondary infertility. INTERVENTION: Magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery treatment of two intramural myomas, one with a significant submucosal component. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Change in conformation of the uterine cavity. RESULT(S): A viable intrauterine pregnancy, with full-term uneventful labor and vaginal delivery. CONCLUSION(S): Magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery changed the configuration of the endometrial cavity, and a subsequent pregnancy resulted in a term delivery.

Published 13 August 2007 in Fertil Steril, 88(2): 497.e5-7.
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