Risk Factors for Developing or Exacerbating Fibroids. Aging, genetic predisposition, and onset of menstruation prior to 11 years of age, i.e., early menarche, are some non-modifiable risk factors.

Source Reference: Tjokroprawiro BA, et al "Successful cesarean myomectomies of large uterine fibroids: Two cases and a literature review" Am J Case Rep 2021; DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.931051.

Some fibroids may become pedunculated, Kenosha Gleaton, MD, board-certified ob-gyn and Natalist medical advisor, says. ... Subserosal fibroids (those that grow on the outside surface), ...

Submucosal and subserosal fibroids can also grow as “pedunculated fibroids,” which are attached to the uterine wall (either inside or outside) by a stalk-like growth.

Those with large fibroids (> 10 cm), pedunculated subserosal fibroids, or intracavitary fibroids are not ideal candidates for the procedure because failure rates are higher for these patients.

Uterine fibroids are common. It's common for women to have uterine fibroids, which are smooth, usually benign muscle tumors of the uterus, says Dr. G. Thomas Ruiz, an obstetrician-gynecologist at… ...