Specialist in obstetrics and gynecology Siloam Hospitals Kebon Jeruk (SHJK) Kathleen Juanita Soenario Gunawan said, myoma uteri or so-called myoma, is a tumor which is sensitive to female hormones.
Originally myoma of the uterus wall muscle cells, then transformed into a tumor and muscle attached to the uterine wall.
Myoma has a spherical shape, white, hard, and apart from the muscle of the uterus in the vicinity. Although often more common in women, until now the cause of the myoma is not known with certainty.
"Risk factors myoma is when menstruation at an early age. Later, high body mass index, and family history," she said some time ago.
Myoma often arise at perempian fertile or reproductive age. After menopause, myoma can generally be smaller and rarely raised new myoma.
