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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1646-5830</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Obstétrica e Ginecológica Portuguesa]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Obstet Ginecol Port]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1646-5830</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Euromédice, Edições Médicas Lda.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1646-58302022000100066</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Uterine fibroid: size does matter]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Mioma uterino: porque o tamanho importa]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marques]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariana Crespo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vanessa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pereira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Silva]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>66</fpage>
<lpage>67</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1646-58302022000100066&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1646-58302022000100066&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1646-58302022000100066&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Leiomyomas are the most common benign tumors in reproductive age women. The incidence is higher in African descent women. Development and growth of fibroids is estrogen and progesterone dependent. Besides excessive menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain is also a common symptom. Doppler ultrasound (dUS) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are useful for preoperative differentiation between benign and the more uncommon malignant forms. Treatment of leiomyomas depends on size, location, severity of symptoms and patient desire to preserve fertility. The authors present a case of a 16 cm subserous cervical myoma that occupied the pelvic cavity. Laparotomy was performed for tumor excision.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Leiomyoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Abnormal uterine bleeding]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Fibroids treatment]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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