What Are Fibroids?
What are fibroids? Uterine fibroids (also known as fibromyomas, leimyomas or myomas) are growths made of smooth muscle cells that appear in the uterus during childbearing years. The growths are not malignant nor are they related to cancer, but they are classified as tumors. They are extremely common and often go unnoticed by many women and often shrink after menopause. Uterine fibroids occur more frequently in black women but are almost never seen in a woman less than 20 years old.