I. A. Zhivopistsev. To the question of the influence of childbirth and the postpartum period on fibrous tumors of the uterus, with a description of one case. (Hospital Gazette, 1894, No. 10 and 11)

The majority of interstitial fibroids, increasing during pregnancy, in the postpartum period together with the uterus undergo a reverse development - which, by fatty degeneration of cellular elements, partly by reverse development and desolation of blood vessels, can even lead to their complete disappearance; the author cites two similar cases from literature - Martin'a and Vasiliev.