Fibroids are non-cancerous tumors that grow from the muscle layers of the uterus (womb). Fibroids can be as small as a pea or as large as a grapefruit. Fibroid has several names such as uterine myoma, leioma, fibroma, fibromyoma, or as hysteromyoma. WHAT SHOULD WOMEN KNOW ABOUT FIBROID? About 20 percent to 80 percent of women develop fibroids by the …