Uterine Myoma: an Ultrasonographic Study of Patterns at the Central Hospital in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

This analysis considered the sonographic patterns of uterine myoma seen at the Central Hospital in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. Ultrasonographic records of the uteri of 312 women seen from December 2017 to January 2021 were retrieved from the Central Hospital in Warri, Nigeria. Information on the leiomyoma size, weight, occurrence site, types and number of nodules were fetched from available ultrasonographic reports. Ethical approval was obtained from the Research/ Ethical Committee of Human Anatomy Department at the Delta State University, Abraka, and the Warri Central Hospital. Data was entered into Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (version 23). Results were presented in mean and simple percentage of occurrences of sampled parameters. The chi-square test was used to obtain association between categorical variables, while setting p-value < 0.05 as statistically significant. A total of 312 cases of women with leiomyoma were detailed. The 45-50 years age group had the highest frequency of 52 (16.7%). Regarding the location of the leiomyoma in the different parts of the uterus, the anterior corpus was the commonest site of occurrence of the leiyomyoma accounting for a frequency of 80 (25.6 %) while the fundus had the least frequency of 53 (17%). Based on volume and number of observed nodules, about 160 (51.3%) of assessed leiomyoma lesions were > 200cm3, whereas 152 (48.7%) were < 200cm3. Also, 1-5 nodules were observed in 117 cases, accounting for about 37.5% of the leiomyoma lesions. Conclusively, this study has shown that an insignificant association exists between patient age and the weight, size, type and number of nodules of leiyomyoma Keywords: Leiomyoma, uterine, myoma, ultrasonography.