Prolapsed Fibroid
Submucosal fibroids can grow attached to the muscle layer by a stalk. The stalk of submucosal fibroids that grow over time begins to lengthen.
What Is a Prolapsed Fibroid?
Submucosal fibroids can grow attached to the muscle layer by a stalk. The stalk of submucosal fibroids that grow over time begins to lengthen. Under the effect of gravity, the fibroid begins to press towards the cervix. Depending on the size of the fibroid and on how open the cervix is, these submucosal fibroids rarely come out through the cervix into the vagina. These fibroids are called prolapsed fibroids. These fibroids frequently cause heavy and prolonged menstrual bleeding and pain during or outside the menstrual period. The most feared feature of these fibroids is that they become infected. If a prolapsed fibroid becomes infected, it causes foul-smelling discharge, high fever, weakness and a rise in infection values in the blood. This picture is a very serious situation. A prolapsed fibroid must be treated before it leads to this situation. Its treatment is the removal of the fibroid through the vagina, without making an incision in the abdominal wall.