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A 18-year-old female asked:

i was having a miscarriage at 4wks+6 so i went to the hospital and they said my uterus was enlarged, what does that mean ? what could have caused that

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Dr. Wayne Ingram answered

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Fibroids: Fibroid growths is the uterus are smooth muscle cell entities that grow in response to estrogen and can greatly enlarge the uterus. They can also cause miscarriages and premature labor when their location interferes with pregnancy expansion jettisoning the uterine contained pregnancy. Ask you MD as to whether this has been confirmed by ultrasound or examination.

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