I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY VERY BELOVED JEWISH AMERICAN FAMILY THE PERES FAMILY : RICHARD, BARBARA, MICHAEL AND ABBE WHO GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME WHAT I AM TODAY. THEY TOOK AN AFRICAN FROM HIGH SCHOOL INTO THEIR HOME AND NURTURED AND LOVED HIM LIKE THEIR CHILD. THEY PREPARED HIM THROUGH UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE, MEDICAL SCHOOL, RESIDENCY AND SPECIALIZATION AND EQUIPED HIM TO RETURN TO AFRICA TO RENDER MUCH NEEDED MEDICAL SERVICES TO HIS OWN PEOPLE. TO MY WIFE DR CHIDIMMA PROSPER JOY WHO HELPED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND PREPARATION OF THE ANNOTATED SURGICAL CASES. FINALLY TO MY COLLEAGUES ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEIR TIME AND KNOWLEDGE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS TO HELP PATIENTS AND PRACTITIONERS TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGY OF FIBROID FORMATION.

PROSPER I IGBOELI